Christian apologist and author C. S. Lewis wrote, “Joy is the serious business of heaven.” As we contemplate the ways we can reach out with love and hope, particularly at the beginning of a new year, let the words from Isaiah 55:12 (NKJV) be our resolve and purpose:
“For you shall go out with joy,
and be led out with peace;
The mountains and the hills
Shall break forth into singing before you,
And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.”