“Why did you run off secretly and deceive me? Why didn’t you tell me, so I could send you away with joy and singing to the music of timbrels and harps? You didn’t even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. You have done a foolish thing.”
– Genesis 31:27-28
I have been thinking about joy, compared to the lack of joy. Which do you prefer: the companionship of a person who is…
