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You and i were created for joy, and if we miss it we miss the reason for our existence. if our joy is honest joy, it must somehow be congruous with human tragedy. this is the test of joy's integrity. it is compatible with pain. only the heart that hurts has a right to joy.
-Lewis B. Smedes
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You And I Were Created For Joy,

Lewis B. Smedes
You and i were created for joy, and if we miss it we miss the reason for our existence. if our joy is honest joy, it must somehow be congruous with human tragedy. this is the test of joy's integrity. it is compatible with pain. only the heart that hurts has a right to joy.
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