How can Christians experience joy and happiness when life is so full of heartache and suffering? In ten minutes, John Piper highlights Paul’s supernatural words and emotions: “sorrowful, yet always rejoicing.” He ends by sharing about the day he learned his mom had been killed in a car accident.
https://desiringgod.org/articles/does-joy-die-in-sorrow
https://desiringgod.org/series/jesus-and-the-journey-to-joy