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Growing Joy May 12 Devotional

by David Joynt on May 12, 2023


PHILIPPIANS 1:8 | 8 For God is my witness, how I long for all of you with the tender affection of Christ Jesus.

 

The joy of remembering those we love who also love us has many beneficial effects. One such is that it enhances our desire to be together. “Out of sight, out of mind,” is also true in reverse—out of mind, out of our sight. When we remember, then we long to see and connect, as Paul does with his Philippian friends. We now have technological ways to connect over distance, like text and Facetime, that also provide a third way of turning joyful memory into deeper connection.

 

Who do you long to be reunited with?

 

 

Gracious God,

Preserve our friendships and deepen our relationships. Enable greater reunions here or in heaven.

Amen.

 

About the Author
David Joynt

Dave Joynt began his service as a pastor at Valley Presbyterian Church in Paradise Valley, Arizona in September 2014. This meant a move away from the Northeast, where he has a long history, growing up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and then serving congregations in Delaware and New Jersey for a total of 23 years.

Dave was nurtured in a great church in Bethlehem where his parents, Anne and Carey, served as elders. He graduated in classics from Lehigh University where his Father taught, and then from Oxford, where he met his wife Julia. Ordained in 1988, he completed a Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1993.

He and Julia have a son, Tristan, and a daughter, Madeleine.

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