Jesus uses an illustration of a woman whose anguish and pain in childbearing are forgotten in light of the joy of a child being born to explain the joy of new life we have through Jesus' suffering and sacrifice. Even as the sorrow a mother experiences is very real, the joy of new life is undoubtedly worth the suffering. True gospel joy is experienced when we participate in the renewing, transforming, and life giving work of the gospel of Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit. Although we will need to endure pain and suffering while we still live in this sin-marred world, we will experience the joy of resurrection life and the presence of the Holy Spirit, and no one will be able to take away this gospel joy.