Joy 4 

And throw that worthless servant 

^outside,

^{into the darkness,}

^{where there will be weeping and}

^{gnashing of teeth.}

Matthew 25:30

   ♪ Today's scripture to mutter with 

                         thanksgiving and love

In Jesus is the presence of joy.

Hope is there.

Productive work is there.

There is fruit,

the fruit of the Holy Spirit.

The fruit bears when they love.

The fruit of the Lord Holy Spirit,

the first is joy,

the second is peace,

long patient,kindness,goodness,faithfulness,

gentleness and self control.

They are the character of the Trinity God.

Outside of Jesus is it dark.

Outside of Jesus who is light is black dark.

There is sadness, the sadness of

gnashing teeth,and ofregret.

It is the life giving no benefit to anyone,

a worthless life.

No fruit.

It is because of confusion,empty and darkness

the life before God created the world.

Today which side is the world close to?

I somehow have a habit of observing

the countenance of people on

the subway or street.

Joy, hope and face with strength are found

only among the children who seem to have

strength of readiness of mischievous.

It is hard to find them among adults.

It may imply life is as hard as that.

The longer one lives the harder it is,

the longer one lives it seems the more

sin one commits; therefore,

the burden of sin is also harder.

For when Jesus said to the people ready

to throw stones to the adulterous woman,

"Throw first whoever has no sin"

starting from the older left the place.

Nowadays, though mental health is called

mind health in Korea, depression and

mind disorders increase rapidly.

It is a worldwide trend.

Currently researches find in 

industrial nations well over 20% of 

the population need mental health 

professional's help.

Korea has reached the top suicide nation

among OECD.

Though the degree of pain, sadness and

suffering of depression and mind disorder

differ most people experience it at times

in their lives.

Treatment and recovery occur but not

a few continue wrestling with life long

and wasting away their precious lives.

This is because all people have to live or

survive with the death penalty of

genetic sin: My sin, your sin and

societal sin made by sinful mankind,

and lack of necessity for living.

In this existential presence, the angel

at dawn brought to the shepherds

the good news: At that

first Christmas dawn, to solve all these

the good news of the Savior Jesus

has been born for us.

The joy of Jesus buds when one accepts

him as one's Savior by first faith, and

his joy starts to complete as believing

his promises in the Bible by second faith.

If we love each other in Jesus whose

substance is light and joy,

he said our joy will be completed.

By doing it we learn.

Often I ask to the one recently invited

Jesus into one's heart as the Savior

"What is good inviting Jesus into your heart ?"

The answer is identical: "The peace in mind."

Yes, the Prince of Peace has become his Lord.

Now as he starts to love Jesus and people,

joy follows.

The greatest action of love for people is

to help them who entrusted to us know

Jesus' love and life so that they should not

go into hell but heaven.

To those who have done this task

with their best joyfully, Jesus said

"Share my joy you good and faithful servant."