Defiant Joy : Thomas Nelson : 9781400208692 : 1400208696 : 29 Nov 2018 : Bestselling author Stasi Eldredge shows readers how to choose a joy that stands against the tides of life's real and often overwhelming pain.   We are called to live. And, miraculously, to live with joy.  We all spend a lot of energy reaching for happiness, but we are never quite able to hang on to it. Real life happens, and our circumstances take us on an emotional rollercoaster ride. So the Bible&;s call to &;be joyful always&; sounds almost crazy&;and out of reach. But it doesn&;t have to be. Joy is meant to be ours, a joy that is defiant in the face of this broken world. This joy is not simply happiness on steroids; it&;s the unyielding belief that sorrow and loss do not have the final say. It&;s the stubborn determination to be present to whatever may come and to interpret both goodness and grief by the light of heaven. In Defiant Joy, Stasi Eldredge invites us with courage, candor, and tender vulnerabil