Friday, May 25th
Jesus said, "I tell you solemnly ….. you will be sorrowful but your sorrow will turn to joy. I shall see you again and your hearts will be full of joy,
and that joy no one shall take from you."
John :16-24

Sorrow and joy are inevitably intertwined for the committed child of the Father: how could it be otherwise for those who follow in the steps of the Son of Man? As I rejoiced in the Presence of the Father during My earthly life My joy was complete; as I identified with the sadness and suffering of humankind I suffered as no one has ever suffered before or since. And as I broke the bands of sin and evil for all time I faced such depths of pain and horror as no-one can even begin to imagine.

I returned to the Father's side in triumph and joy: triumph that the power of evil was destroyed for all time, joy that I was restored for eternity to the right hand of the Father.

And so it is with Our redeemed and sanctified ones. All who are in Me share the sadness and the pain of the human condition. But as they are faithful so do they participate in My triumph and share in Our joy both now and throughout Eternity.