Something to think about.
Monsignor Pope Ping!
The delight I find in it is that God is lifted up, I’m brought low, which is the safest place in the world before Him.
Heavenly and earthly perspectives on the same thing can differ.
God never lets doom happen aimlessly. Because of the heavenly perspective, Christians are now capable of “rejoicing in sufferings” (though this isn’t a directive to do stupid things and cause your own sufferings).
If I, in the natural, with my natural mind, predict dark days ahead, its depressing. Its easy to feel or fear God’s absence as you see it all coming unraveled.
If Holy Spirit shows me dark days ahead, then I know that God is in this whatever happens. If “sweet” isn’t exactly the right word, still, it is different. It even gives a kind of confidence in the midst of it that you might not feel otherwise.
Daniel was quite upset after his revelations. No joy at all in what he was seeing.
Schadenfreude is a German concept