Welcome to the Intro episode of the Series called "Grief & Glory".

Did you know that God can both carry joy and sorrow, both simultaneously, and do so wholeheartedly and healthily?

Maybe, in our assertions as believers - that we want to go where God is going, be led by the Spirit etc. . .- we need to seek Him in both these things while keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus?

Here's a Selah moment - a pause and reflect moment - from this episode: The promise of Isaiah 61, the very passage that Jesus read out loud in his hometown synagogue at the beginning of his ministry, is a promise that contains an exchange. God is ready to give us joy, health, and freedom in exchange for something from us.

And the word of God and Jesus say it loud and clear right in this passage that what Jesus came looking for from us is NOT PRAISE. IT'S NOT HOLINESS.

Incarnate God doesn't want our praise. He is already enthroned in the praises of innumerable beings. No. The Father came and is coming and looking for someone to love. Someone to carry, Someone to give something to.

"Grief and Glory" is gonna explore His heart, his true heart because grief and glory are two sides of his multifaceted, loving heart.

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peace to you in Jesus,

Shayani