Joy can be hard to hang onto. Somewhere between the bills, the bad news, the disappointments, and all the other stuff life throws at us, it has a way of slipping through our fingers. The Bible calls for a deeper kind of joy, simcha. It's not fake optimism or pretending. It's the kind of joy that's rooted in God instead of our circumstances. Over the next few weeks, we'll wrestle with the things that steal our joy—like fear, waiting, comparison, and other life distractions—and discover how to build, choose, and even fight for the joy God has for us, even when life gets messy.