Children don’t have to be reminded to be joyful. Children find joy everywhere, effortlessly. Think of all the viral videos of babies laughing at everything from funny faces to paper tearing. Too bad that we grow up and away from joy and into worry and distress. Joy ceases to be an everyday thing. It becomes something to be found in only the most extraordinary events–a wedding, the birth of a child. And yet if the joy of the Lord is meant to be our strength, surely adults need it as much or more than children do?
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The Joy of Children
