for the JOY

.

"Wherefore
seeing

we

also are
compassed about
with so great a cloud of witnesses

let us
lay aside
every weight
and the sin
which doth so easily beset us
and let us
run with patience
the race that is set before us

looking
unto
Jesus

the
Author
and
Finisher
of our faith;

Who for the
joy
that was set before Him

endured the cross,
despising the shame,
and is set down
at the right hand
of the throne
of
God."


what commanding verbs
what compelling verbs
what comforting verbs


lay it aside.
all the heaviness, the sin, the sorrow, the fear,
the disappointment, the bitterness
all the burden of darkness
LAY IT ASIDE.

No really, LAY IT ALL ASIDE.


ahh
light!
now then


run
...with patience...
RUN!

and
look!
look unto Him

who suffered all


everything that could be suffered
more than you can even imagine suffering
suffered a suffering unto death

and for what?


for the JOY

(What? He felt JOY in all that suffering? JOY?)

Yes, JOY.

Jesus suffered it all
for the
JOY
of
saving



you.

.