All this month, we've heard that it's the season of joy, but the truth is, sometimes that's

hard to believe. Nancy DeMas Walgamo says the Bible acknowledges real pain, but also provides hope.

In this world, there's a whole lot of cause for grief and sorrow. But for the believer,

grieving is not incompatible with rejoicing. They can go hand in hand.

Welcome to the Reviver Hearts podcast. Our host is Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth. She's the author of

Adorned, Living Out the Beauty of the Gospel Together. It's December 30th, 2025, and I'm Dana Gresh. Well, here it is,

the end of the year. And Nancy's going to take us to the last lines of the Apostle Paul's second letter

to the church in Corinth. His words have meaning for all of us today as we close the book on this year

tomorrow and then

open up the new year. Let's listen. Well, I'm so grateful for the way that God's words speaks to us

at every season of life, in every season of our calendar and our year, and every day, it has fresh

new things to say to us. Over the past few months, I've been journaling in the book of Second

Corinthians. And so for the next few days, as we come to the end of this calendar year,

and we prepare to turn the page to a new year, I want to unpack with you a few verses

that I've been meditating on recently, and they're found in the last chapter of 2 Corinthians,

2 Corinthians 13, and we're going to be looking over these three days at the last paragraph

in this chapter. And so in verse 11, the Apostle Paul says, finally, finally, chapters 1 through 12,

chapter 13, verses 1 through 10, has all been Paul addressing things that he knew these Corinthian believers needed to hear. Now he says, finally. So Paul is

bringing his letter to a close. And he does this with a series of exhortations, with a promise, with personal greetings, and with a benediction.

So let me just read this passage, and then we'll dive into it.

Verse 11, 2 Corinthians 13.

Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice.

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