tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396935423049949577.post6859543370621744988..comments2020-04-29T02:18:41.537-07:00Comments on That We Might Have Joy: Finding JOY!Shantellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03532445984857743626noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396935423049949577.post-61990506701799217662016-11-06T21:35:57.271-08:002016-11-06T21:35:57.271-08:00I love your articles! I just wanted to say that I ...I love your articles! I just wanted to say that I think that fasting is a way we can begin to understand how Christ felt finding joy through pain. When I fast, what makes it joyful for me is to think of the person or reason I am fasting and imagine them asking me if they are worth giving up my food for. And I usually feel this overwhelming joy to say yes of course you are worth two of my meals. And I likewise compare that sometimes to when I feel the pain of depression and I consider taking my life or running away and I think of my husband and kids and my sisters and all my family members individually asking me "Am I worth you going through this depression?" Because if I abondon my family or take my life I might cause some of my individual family members to experience depression. And I would never want that for them or anyone. I will endure this pain of depression so that I can spare my family from the pain I would cause them if I abandoned them in any way. I then find joy in my depression because their happiness brings me happiness. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04716654241926797847noreply@blogger.com