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The Chibi News Daily Reflection
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Hello, my name is Nimsa Bungay and I'm the pastor of Freedom's Ark, a member of the Evangelical Alliance here in the Tottenham Town Hall
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And I want to welcome you to today's reflection. It's taken from John chapter 16, verse 20, where Jesus says
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Truly I say to you, that you shall weep and lament, the world will rejoice, and you will be sorrowful, but your soul will be turned into joy
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The disciples were to suffer the pain of Good Friday, experience the relief of the resurrection
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So as Jesus speaks of leaving, he promises them joy. So here's the promise
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Sorrow doesn't stay. Jesus says it will be turned to joy. Not removed, transformed
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Le Creur put it in this way. Weeping may endure for the night, but joy comes in the morning
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Not always instantly, but always faithfully. So what can we do as Christians
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We let ourselves feel the sorrow, but we don't stop there. We look for moments of joy
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Some of us may start our day by writing down one thing we're thankful for
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And I pray that even as we grieve, that God teaches us to believe that joy is not gone forever
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that we can hold on till the morning comes. Today, as we hold on to our hope
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we hold on knowing this, that sorrow does not have the final say