{"id":181,"date":"2025-10-11T18:24:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T18:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/?p=181"},"modified":"2025-11-12T18:46:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T18:46:58","slug":"meaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/?p=181","title":{"rendered":"Meaning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/puddle-that-looks-inviting-to-jump-in-1024x573.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-183 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/puddle-that-looks-inviting-to-jump-in-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/puddle-that-looks-inviting-to-jump-in-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/puddle-that-looks-inviting-to-jump-in-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/puddle-that-looks-inviting-to-jump-in.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do you have a deep enough \u201cwhy?&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FPC-Regional-Meaning.wav\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of life&#8217;s greatest surprises are when joy shines unexpectedly into a dark moment.&nbsp; The Apostle Paul experienced this during his first imprisonment, penning what we sometimes refer to as &#8220;the epistle of joy.&#8221; (the letter to the Philippians)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where does this joy come from?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his landmark book&nbsp;<em>Man&#8217;s Search for Meaning&nbsp;<\/em>Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl discovered a secret amidst his suffering:&nbsp; Beyond the drive for pleasure or empowerment lies what Fankl called &#8220;the will to meaning.&#8221; He put it this way, &#8220;We can endure any &#8216;what&#8217; if we have a [deep enough] &#8216;why&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frankl\u2019s point is that joy comes when we see meaning in the difficulty.&nbsp; So often we are like the parent who sees the rain storm as an added complication to the day.&nbsp; But why not see it like the toddler who runs towards the puddles with jumps of joy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More on the topic:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A summary of Victor Frankl\u2019s ideas about&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ggf6QLdRvdY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">how to find meaning<\/a>&nbsp;in life<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See Alexander Schemann\u2019s comments about&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apologus.wordpress.com\/2011\/06\/01\/schemann-liturgy-and-joy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the importance of joy<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dive into this theme of joy with thoughts from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/quotes\/10742502-from-its-very-beginning-christianity-has-been-the-proclamation-of\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Schemann<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/anitamathias.com\/2012\/01\/09\/g-k-chesterton-on-joy-from-orthodoxy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chesterton<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/kerdos.wordpress.com\/2017\/08\/18\/luthers-surprising-reason-why-god-doesnt-reveal-himself-completely-to-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Luther<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/acollectionofprayers.com\/2025\/09\/13\/september-13\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">prayer for joy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have a deep enough \u201cwhy?&#8221; 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