Joy in Life

Repeatedly throughout our journey of life do we find people, places, things that give us a laugh, a good feeling, a joyful spirit.

Learn to appreciate the good and sincere matters of life.

The ultimate fulfillment of joy lies in the person of Christ.

Paul said, "For to me to live is Christ..." Philippians 1:21

What is your life?

Life is worth living because He lives.

Have a good day!
Love,
Dad


"This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it." Psalm 118:24

It's All in How You Look at It

Things turn out the best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out!


Have a good day!
Love,
Dad


'In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit' Luke 10:21

The Saviour was 'a man of sorrows' but every thoughtful mind has discovered the fact that down deep in His innermost soul He carried an inexhaustible treasury of refined and heavenly joy. Of all the human race, there was never a man who had a deeper, purer, or more abiding peace than our Lord Jesus Christ. 'He was anointed with the oil of gladness above His fellows.' His vast benevolence must, from the very nature of things, have afforded Him the deepest possible delight, for benevolence is joy. There were a few remarkable seasons when this joy manifested itself. 'At that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth.' Christ had His songs, though it was night with Him; though His face was marred, and His countenance had lost the lustre of earthly happiness, yet sometimes it was lit up with a matchless splendour of unparalleled satisfaction, as He thought upon the recompense of the reward, and in the midst of the congregation sang His praise unto God. In this, the Lord Jesus is a blessed picture of His church on earth. At this hour the church expects to walk in sympathy with her Lord along a thorny road; through much tribulation she is forcing her way to the crown. To bear the cross is her office, and to be scorned and counted an alien by her mother's children is her lot; and yet the church has a deep well of joy, of which none can drink but her own children. There are stores of wine, and oil, and corn, hidden in the midst of our Jerusalem, upon which the saints of God are evermore sustained and nurtured; and sometimes, as in our Saviour's case, we have our seasons of intense delight, for 'There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of our God.' Exiles though we be, we rejoice in our King; yea, in Him we exceedingly rejoice, while in His name we set up our banners.
~from C.H. Spurgeon's "Morning and Evening" March 24