Week Four's Reading assignment is pages 34-46 of Joyful Journey.

All of Psalm 126 is about restoration of joy, both those of the past and hope for future restoration. This is a powerful way to combat sorrow using past and future to effect the present:

From the Joyful Journey book:
When we experience God's comfort and help, we become aware of His presence, and peace is restored to us. Immanuel journaling is designed to take us through the sequence our brain uses to metabolize pain. Following the order our brain uses provides the simplest path from pain to redemption as well as nourishment for our souls. Immanuel journaling leads us to a place of gratitude and where our RCs are restored and activated. In other words, Immanuel journaling is a tool that guides us through the pain processing pathway successfully. Ultimately, Immanuel journaling allows us to become aware of God's good, generous and tender presence in our lives, thus strengthening our iSight.
~ page 33, Joyful Journey, Wilder, Kang, Loppnow, Loppnow

Session A: We continue revisiting joyful memories from your Golden Moments list. Invite God to share His reaction to joys you’re recalling. See if you can identify His presence in those joys. Again, notice body sensations, attitudes, heart rate, etc.

This quote from Paul follows his description of the hardships his teams faced in bringing the Gospel’s good news to people like the Corinthians. These hardships affected his body, heart, and soul. But they were outweighed by the joys he was experiencing in the relationships and connections forged in Jesus Christ. Ponder the reality of the next comment:

[the] world is filled with people who struggle to make ends meet, have few opportunities for upward mobility, and even face persecution, but live with joy!
~ page 27, The 4 Habits, Warner, Coursey

Session B: Thought Rhyming as Immanuel Journaling:
Take one or two of your joys from today (or your list) and envision God responding with one or two sentence “thoughts” in the following areas: I see, hear you, understand you, am glad to be with you, and can do something about your situation.

From the Joyful Journey book:
Immanuel journaling expects that God not only listens to our prayers but also initiates conversations with us. God knows when we are unable to come to Him either because we are overwhelmed by our pain or because we are hiding from Him in fear. Just as He initiated the conversation with Adam and Eve when they were hiding, we believe that God approaches us, thus initiating our restoration because God is love. In Immanuel journaling, we thought rhyme as God describes our experiences to us. We write down what we perceive. Thought rhyming is a God speaking to me approach.
~ page 34, Joyful Journey, Wilder, Kang, Loppnow, Loppnow

Now
The Light
Has
Gone Away

Lutheran
Service Book
page 887,
versus 1 & 4

Now the light has gone away;
Father, listen while I pray,
Asking Thee to watch and keep
And to send me quiet sleep.

Now my evening praise I give;
Thou didst die that I might live.
All my blessings come from Thee;
Oh, how good Thou art to me!