I watch and I see.

I watch those who have embraced the Good News of Jesus’ death and resurrection. I watch them in all sorts of scenarios. In the happy times they seem to go beyond happiness to know joy. That’s important you know, because happiness comes and goes, but joy is constant. For it is in the hard times that knowing joy provides them with the anchor to endure. Going through life with this anchor is everything good and right.

I watch and I see.

I watch those who have rejected the Good News of Jesus’ death and resurrection. I watch them in all sorts of scenarios. In the happy times they seem to have a diminished sense of true happiness. That is due to the fact that not knowing Jesus, they lack joy. So when happy times are fleeting and hard times fall upon them they don’t have the lifesaving resource that joy provides. They are left without an anchor. Going through life without this anchor is a tragedy.