S8 E24: Joy

Happy New Week friends. I hope you are doing well. You might notice my voice sounds a little different as I have been fighting something the past several days and at times barely have a voice to speak. So hopefully it will hold up for me to get this recorded. 

It’s our first Sunday episode in December and in a few short weeks, we will be officially welcoming the WINTER season. 

But we still have a few weeks left in Autumn to walk out and the weekly focus from the Autumn Journal is JOY.

I shared this past week this year's Holiday art print which just so happens to be called JOY. with the words 

“Joy that isn’t defined by circumstances or a special moment but joy that is rising from a deep well of Perfect Love.”

Many of you responded on how those words resonated with you. 

Some of you I know your stories others I don’t but I do know that for all of us… we come to the realization at some point that true joy can’t be sustained by the circumstances of our lives.  But when the perfect love of the one who holds our stories and upholds us through every season flows within us we experience supernatural joy.

I like to say it this way…

Joy is God-inspired happiness.

Read John 10:10

Real joy is found in the goodness of God which gives us strength to walk and stand in joy no matter the circumstance.

I’m praying we walk in that joy this week as we trust in his goodness and strength.

Have a joyous week!