{"id":3842,"date":"2020-12-18T15:45:24","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T21:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onehopecanada.ca\/?p=3842"},"modified":"2020-12-22T11:50:25","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T17:50:25","slug":"hold-on-to-joy-pressing-in-to-jesus-during-a-covid-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onehopecanada.ca\/fr\/hold-on-to-joy-pressing-in-to-jesus-during-a-covid-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Hold on to Joy: Pressing in to Jesus during a COVID Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3842\" class=\"elementor elementor-3842\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-89a37fd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"89a37fd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-707d1b9\" data-id=\"707d1b9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71819d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"71819d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/onehopecanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Blog-Post-thumb-12.18.20.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3844\" alt=\"joy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onehopecanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Blog-Post-thumb-12.18.20.png 1200w, https:\/\/onehopecanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Blog-Post-thumb-12.18.20-600x300.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e7b91e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0e7b91e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our local radio station started playing Christmas music&#8230;and only Christmas music&#8230;on November 12. Everything from \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/r5UxJuf3vZU\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joy to the World<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d to \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/57vrqCENNPc\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d saturates the airwaves, 24-7.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now don\u2019t get me wrong, I love Christmas music. Some of my earliest memories include curling up by the record player (yes, we still had one of those!), listening to Nat King Cole sing \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/M0hc-M-0jyI\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">O Tannenbaum<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d (in German, no less) after we had trekked out to the bush to cut down our tree. These days I have playlists on YouTube and Spotify dedicated to festive tunes.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And yet\u2026<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year isn\u2019t so merry and bright, is it?<\/span><b> If you\u2019re like me, maybe you\u2019re having to dig a little deeper to find that \u201cjoy to the world.\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Is that still a thing in this wearisome Covid life?<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While tinsel and trappings, carols and hot chocolate might elicit feelings of happiness, they don\u2019t actually constitute true joy. Finding the latest gadget under the tree might make you content&#8230;for a while. Gathering with family and friends is something we long for, but joy is even more than that.<\/span><\/p><h4><strong><span style=\"color: #22b577;\">Consider it pure joy<\/span><\/strong><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The apostle Paul writes, \u201cConsider it <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pure joy<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything\u201d (James 1:2-4 NLT, italics added).<\/span><\/p><p><b>If there is one thing we\u2019ve experienced this year, it\u2019s trials of many kinds, and the testing of our faith. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We had no idea when 2020 started what we were heading into. We feel the lack; of good health, of connection with others, of the comforts found in \u201cnormal\u201d times.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet Paul tells us to consider trials to be \u201cpure joy.\u201d Note that he\u2019s not saying \u201cpure happiness\u201d&#8230;because it isn\u2019t that! He probably wasn\u2019t too happy about languishing in a prison cell. But there he was, singing hymns and praising God.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Joy is found as we persevere, as we press on and press in to Jesus. In Him we find the space to lament what was, to readjust our focus to see what is, and with hope, look forward to what is yet to come. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pure joy, while not easy, transcends our current circumstances. As we hold on to Jesus, joy and hope and peace will take root.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">May we turn our eyes to Jesus this season and beyond, and once again let our hearts \u201cprepare Him room.\u201d Joy to the world. The Lord <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> come. Let heaven and earth proclaim.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-69bd8c0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"69bd8c0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-607aef7\" data-id=\"607aef7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3985d06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3985d06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Watch\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZFHuU9fgdWQ\">Just Before the Silent Night<\/a>, a new Christmas video from Canadian worship artist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.briandoerksen.com\/\">Brian Doerksen<\/a>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82a5811 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"82a5811\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=ZFHuU9fgdWQ&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;yt_privacy&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bfe45dc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bfe45dc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-92ac502\" data-id=\"92ac502\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f246f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8f246f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6412d89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6412d89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><b>The Hope Blog Advent Series:<\/b><\/h4><p><a href=\"https:\/\/onehopecanada.ca\/fr\/advent-rediscovering-the-mystery-of-god-with-us\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Read Part One<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Rediscovering the mystery of God with us<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/onehopecanada.ca\/fr\/the-hope-of-christmas-past-present-future\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Read Part Two<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The Hope of Christmas: Past, Present and Future<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/onehopecanada.ca\/fr\/finding-peace-three-things-you-can-do-this-christmas\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Read Part Three<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Finding Peace: Three Things You Can Do This Christmas<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/onehopecanada.ca\/fr\/laying-down-a-life-of-love\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Read Part Four<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Laying Down a Life of Love<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fa0af1f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fa0af1f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-22f94ea3\" data-id=\"22f94ea3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c32a6f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7c32a6f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/onehopecanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_3638-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-1684\" alt=\"lent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onehopecanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_3638-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/onehopecanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_3638-scaled-600x800.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-247dddea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"247dddea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Kelly Rempel is the Director of Creative Communications for One Hope Canada.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3941130d\" data-id=\"3941130d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div 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Read Kelly Rempel&#8217;s Advent reflection to find out how you can experience pure joy. Bonus: Watch the brand new video &#8220;Just Before the Silent Night,&#8221; from Canadian worship artist Brian Doerksen.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":3844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[85,83,97,33],"class_list":["post-3842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-advent","tag-christmas","tag-joy","tag-series"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hold on to Joy: Pressing in to Jesus during a COVID Christmas<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Feeling hopeless this Christmas? 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