Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Joy

Joy is solid.  It doesn't melt, or get washed away with circumstances.  It is steady, an anchor.  It doesn't always have a smile, isn't reduced to niceness, but has a quiet hope.  It laughs easily, I believe.    It has wonder in the light of hard circumstances.  It is the strength to grieve.

"The Joy of the Lord is my strength."

I'm thankful, so thankful for the joy I have.  That's been mined in the darkest of valleys and is being refined with the piles of laundry that I now have the STRENGTH to do, praise Jesus.  Laundry does get old, but I'm thankful for the lightness that I never thought I would have.  For the laughter that I have again. For the ability to be present. Amen and thank you Jesus!  I feel like I've won a gold medal.


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