Joy forever more

Don’t get discouraged. God is bigger than any situation. His Love for you is bigger than these hard times. He actually wants you to count it ALL joy. And if you trust Him, He will make you feel only joy. I could only equate it to the opposite of depression, I named it elation because I didn’t have a word for it. I could only see the good side of things not only in my current situation but in lots of things. It wasn’t until weeks later that I recognized it as joy. Joy is not affected by the situation like happiness is. Happiness is based on how you feel at the moment, it is an emotion and joy is something that surpasses your emotions. It starts with a choice to trust God regardless of your emotions. It is opposite your emotions. If you stay stuck in emotion, the joy is blocked. Joy, this is what God wants for you. He has it in His hand all you have to do is trust Him and take it. Choose to be comforted. The Bible says that Rachel chose not to be comforted. So it is a choice. I also see that I chose to be comforted in some areas of my life but not in others. God gave me abundant joy overflowing into the other areas of my life, but not all at first because some areas I chose to keep a wall up to protect my emotions instead of letting them go. Choose His comfort in ALL. The time away from Jaden is so short so unimportant, almost nothing, just a blink of an eye compared to the eternity we will spend together in heaven.
2 Corinthians 4:16 So we're not giving up. How could we! Even though on the outside it often looks like things are falling apart on us, on the inside, where God is making new life, not a day goes by without his unfolding grace. These hard times are small potatoes compared to the coming good times, the lavish celebration prepared for us. There's far more here than meets the eye. The things we see now are here today, gone tomorrow. But the things we can't see now will last forever.