"Joy to the world! The Lord is come…let heaven and nature sing." Advent isn't only about darkness and waiting. It is also about excitement and anticipation. Advent energises and pulls us forward to new horizons and possibilities, new ways of looking at the world.
Joy is deeper than happiness, more durable than pleasure, resides in a heart fuelled by peace, justice, and reciprocated love.
The opposite of joy is hard to describe; but it includes cynical loss of trust, negative expectations, complaint as default setting.
Advent joy is rooted in patient trust, persistent hope and is propelled by praise.
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