Joy In Times Of Great Trouble

“13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”- Romans 15:13

Yesterday, “Good Deeds and God’s Love” was posted.  And it is so true.  So often I have received far more joy than I think I could ever give when doing a kindness for another.  That is part of how we are able to feel Joy, even in times of Great Trouble.  Thinking of the “other guy”, Doing for the “other guy” often takes us out of our own troubles to a place of Happiness and Peace. It’s called “Loving Thy Neighbor”, a command that Jesus was so wise to give-in more ways than one 🙂

There is another place that Joy comes from in Times of Great Trouble, and that is the Holy Spirit.  We are filled with the Holy Spirit.  In the Bible, we are referred to as “Temples” of the Holy Spirit.  But we often fail to ask the Holy Spirit for Help.  God sent His Holy Spirit to us to be our Comforter and Friend.  God our Father loves us, and so does His Holy Spirit.  The Holy Spirit can lift us out of our suffering and can give us great joy, even in Times of Great Trouble.  The kind of joy that makes us feel like dancing .  Joy that makes it impossible not to move.  To sing and to dance.  And although our circumstances may not change, how we feel might 🙂

The Holy Spirit can be our Great Comforter – if we ask Him in Jesus’ Name ?