Ava Grace Jones has been waiting all week for one thing — the butterfly painting at school. She has the colors already picked out in her mind. But when Tuesday arrives and the plan falls apart, Ava Grace carries something home that she doesn’t quite have words for yet. It isn’t loud, the way Ana’s feelings are loud. It’s quiet and heavy, the way Ava Grace’s feelings tend to be. When the family gathers and Dad opens Philippians 4, the Joneses discover the difference between happiness and joy — one depends on what happens to you, and the other depends on something much steadier. And on the walk home from church that weekend, a small moment between Brother Thompson and Sister Beverly says more about that kind of joy than any explanation could.

Ana Jones has a gift for motion — she thinks fast, talks fast, and moves faster than almost any instruction can keep up with. So when Mom gives her one simple direction on a Saturday morning and Ana finds a reason to bend it, what follows isn’t a disaster. It’s something smaller and truer: a little brother left crying, a conscience that won’t quiet down, and a lesson from 1 Samuel that reframes everything Ana thought saying sorry was supposed to fix. In this episode, the Jones family learns that God isn’t after our grand gestures — He’s after our yes.

A repeat of one of the most popular episodes.

New episodes beginning again next week as we are in Kenya this week.