“A little while, and you will no longer see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me.” (16) This brought confusion to His disciples, but they were hesitant to ask Jesus what He meant. Knowing this, Jesus brings up the issue Himself. “Truly, truly,I say to you, that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but your grief will be turned into joy.” (20) What at that time would seem to be devastating, would shortly turn to joy. He illustrates this by the grief a mother experiences in giving birth, but the joy of a child being born overrides the relatively short anguish. When He sees them after this brief separation, not only will they rejoice, but “…no one will take your joy away from you.” (22b). Jesus gained for them eternal life, His eternal presence, and consequently, an everlasting joy! In Romans eight Paul elaborates on this concluding: “…Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?….……But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us.” (35a, 37). When we trust in God’s Word, we are able to move through the most grievous times so we then live in unshakeable joy!