tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post3821084144741143952..comments2024-03-27T06:51:19.327-06:00Comments on The Rains Came Down: "That they might have joy."SilverRainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00580230961425635077noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-87288492721857675462018-04-08T20:35:11.048-06:002018-04-08T20:35:11.048-06:00Joy is the fruit for which gratitude is the seed. ...Joy is the fruit for which gratitude is the seed. Joy doesn't spring out of our situation or our possessions or our challenges (or our lack of challenges). It comes from gratitude. Think what you believe would give you joy -- I can point to someone who has that and is not happy.<br /><br />More money? Unhappy rich people is almost cliche. Easy life? Those with easy lives are, in my Jonathan A. Cavenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04785951085433731808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-52302453529513485032018-04-04T18:19:50.360-06:002018-04-04T18:19:50.360-06:00Well said.Well said.Glenn Thigpenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16289698106336334148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-30915518542154481282018-04-04T07:07:55.541-06:002018-04-04T07:07:55.541-06:00When I read the Given's book "the God Who...When I read the Given's book "the God Who Weeps" I think I finally understood how integral the capacity to experience suffering is to the divine nature. Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07636740926033505057noreply@blogger.com