Recently, I spoke with a man who shared some of his “joyful problems”. I honestly don’t remember what they were, but that phrase stuck with me…”Joyful Problems”. The two words hardly seem like they can go together. One might think if you have problems, you would not have joy or if you have joy, you would not have problems. Surely they both can’t exist at the same time! Oh, but they can. That my friends is the difference between Joy and Happiness. Joy has nothing to do with what is going on around you, but everything with who lives in you (Jesus).

The Bible is full of verses that talk about having joy in our problems.

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