The Scripture theme for this week’s sermon is Luke 1:39-80. The word joy is used commonly to express a state or feeling of happiness. But what about when things are not going so well? Can we be joyful in uncertainty or even difficult circumstances? In today's passage we read of both the joy of Mary and Elizabeth, sharing the joy of their promised children and expressing it in song. In this, we can learn the source of true and lasting joy no matter the situations we face.