Hope knows that if great trials are avoided, great deeds remain undone and the possibility of growth into greatness of soul is aborted.
Brennan Manning, ABBA'S CHILD Watercolors by Kay Kindall

LIGHT

We with our unveiled faces reflecting like mirrors, the brightness of the Lord, all grow brighter and brighter as we are turned into that image that we reflect; this is the work of the Lord who is spirit. 2 Corinthians 3:18

JOY

"Joy is a great note all through the Bible. We have the notion of joy that arises from good spirits or good health, but the miracle of God has nothing to do with a man's life or his circumstances or the condition he is in. Jesus does not come to a man and say "Cheer Up" he plants within a man the miracle of the joy of God's own nature. " Oswald Chambers