God created us to be Joy filled and live our life in Communion WITH Him! This Joy Comes from Within and is NOT dependent on our outward circumstances! It is Living out the virtue of Humility-for humility is Truth ... and Pride is nothing but lying! Humility is living in and accepting the truth - where pride is seeking to be "other" than we Truly are! We are constantly being lured away slowly by Satan from our relationship with God-tempting us to be other than Who we are or to desire what in reality is not best for our relationship WITH God! We must live in the Truth and not in the lie which requires us to be humble and submissive to God! Stay close to God, dependent and reliant-resulting in being Joy Filled-for "it is the heart that experiences God, not the reason"! Love and prayers! ✝️