December 8, 2019
Today was our annual joy service at my church, and it indeed was joyful and fun. This is the season of joy and we do well to celebrate it. But I know the undercurrent of sorrow that runs through this season. Joy and woe are woven fine…
I thought this morning of friends
whose wives and husbands have died this last year, some very untimely…
who are undergoing treatment for stage IV cancer…
who are estranged from family members…
whose marriages have ended in divorce
and those whom I do not know well but
who are having a hard time paying their bills
who are struggling with depression or anxiety
who feel alone, with laughter and joy far away
May we hold all of these in our hearts with love during this season of joy.
“Joy and woe are woven fine, a clothing for the soul divine, under every grief and pine, runs a joy with silken twine.” William Blake