Joy Unspeakable is Forever

Joy unspeakable is always there. Unspeakable doesn’t mean nonexistent. Joy unspeakable may be so deep and so profound and so holy as to cause bodily reaction, shaking, quaking. Joy unspeakable becomes the recognition of something glorious which is so strong and courageous as to continue into perpetuity while sadness and setbacks fade or get folded in. 

“And then there was joy - not necessarily happiness, a passing emotion - but joy, the quiet deep-seated conviction that one’s life makes sense.” (Joy Unspeakable the book) Residing within us, no indwelling us, is that Joy which comes in the morning, the Joy of Paschal Mystery dawn. It is not a dawn of chronology but a dawn of eternal dawns. 

I am thinking that in this time when so little “makes sense” that to discover or rediscover joy unspeakable is to engage in a process of hope and meaning making. Our true selves are at the center of the process and so is God. 

We go out from and return to joy each day. And again this might be dark night of the soul joy like that played in the very dissonance of a dirge. But it is all joy unspeakable because it is so very profound and mysterious. It is joy unspeakable because it is not about words so much as about recognition of the holy within and without. 

Today I am not going to worry as much about whether my life makes sense per se just as I have tried not to worry about these words in print, because I know I am reaching deep down and way out to recognize the joy which is offered and that is is a newly discovered deep-seated conviction which transcends difficulties and setbacks, much like love.