Psalm 19:14
Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, my Strength and my Redeemer.

This is the verse we recite every Sunday at the end of our church service. And every Sunday I think of these words as I say them. Do I truly want the words I say and the things I think on to be acceptable to The Lord? The answer is yes, yes I do! I want to be careful with the words that come out of the content of my heart. Because that is where our words come from. I want my words to be uplifting and edifying to those I speak with. I want them to hear Jesus in the words I am saying. Even everyday words can shed light into the corners of our hearts, revealing who we really are.

I ask myself what has my heart meditated on this week. Has it been things that are pleasing to The Lord? I mean, after all, no one can see what is in my heart except for The Lord and he matters more than all. To be honest there are times when I know The Lord is not pleased with what I have been meditating on. Sometimes I may have struggled with a hurt and not handled it well. Other times maybe a jealousy that I have allowed to take root. What I have learned is that I am human and I do not always get all my words right and my heart is not always meditating on all the things that are acceptable to The Lord, but Oh, how I want it to.

All I can do when I find that my words or my heart are not in line with what The Lord would have me do is to repent. Ask Jesus to help me, to shine a light into the corners of my heart where the real me is and allow him to remove whatever is there that displeases him. And if I have said anything to anyone in an improper or unkind way that He helps me to think before I speak next time and to forgive my wayward tongue, and if necessary ask for forgiveness.

The Lord is our Strength, He is our Redeemer. He can give us the strength to make the changes we need to make, concerning our words and the content of our heart. He longs to have us come and ask him, to allow his sweet Holy Spirit to guide and teach us.

Even our words can be redeemed and most certainly our hearts can. All we need to do is to admit and repent and ask him to fill us with more of him and less of us. We need to surrender the dark corners of our hearts to him and allow him to remove anything that is not pleasing to him and does not look or sound like our Savior. Jesus is able to take the mess we bring, even those silent messes that no one else sees and clean them up, change our words and our hearts and present to the world a truly shining example of life that has been redeemed.

And the best news is this, we get chance after chance to get it right! So, as I say these words each Sunday, I look inside of my heart to see if there is anything I need to confess as I move through my week, and I pray and ask The Lord to help my words to be kind and loving and uplifting to any and all I come in contact with.

Will you join me?

Psalm 91:1-3,11, 14-16
91 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most- High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. 3 Surely, he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honor him.
16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.”

I love Psalm 91, it makes me feel safe and secure. Let us look at the first verse: “he that dwells in the secret place of the most- high shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty ” this verse tells me that I do not have to be afraid, any fear I may have I can let go of and I can walk in faith, knowing that God is with me; because I am his he will protect me. In order for fear to become faith, we have to “abide”, “rest” or ” dwell” in him.

If we allow fear to run rampant we abide in that fear, we allow fear to control our mind and our emotions, but when we decide to walk in faith we surrender that fear to God, and trust his word, that he will be with us and protect us. We must trust God, we cannot allow circumstance to dictate emotion. When we “rest” in God we are saying that we understand that He has our best interest at heart, and he will only allow those things to touch us that draws us closer to him.

Verse 11 tells us that he gives angels charge over us, we have angels around us all the time. We have no earthly idea how many times throughout our day they have spared us, came to our rescue. We all have those big things that happen that we are aware of, and we say thank you Lord for watching over me. But I wonder how many hundreds of times we have been saved or rescued and we are totally unaware.

Then we come to verses 14 -16 and they tell us that if we love the Lord, he will rescue and protect us if we acknowledge his name, he will be with us in trouble, and he will give us long life. There are many examples in Scripture where angels have been right there to help in time of need, Daniel 6 is a great example. Daniel and the lion’s den. The Lord shut the lion’s mouths and Daniel was not harmed. God sent his Angel to shut the lion’s mouth. If we trust in God we are untouchable until God says otherwise! What peace that brings.

Does this mean that bad things do not happen to God’s people, no, absolutely not. We are promised in scripture trials and tribulation. These are not meant to show whether we have strong faith, but will we remain faithful throughout them?

James wrote, “Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.”

Romans 12:12 Tells us to “rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. The best way to get through a trial is to read and pray, pray and read and then start over. Our lives are in His hands, he truly is the potter and we are the clay and he can do as he please with that which he created.

This is probably something not too many of us think about, our posture. Maybe if you are a girl your mother would have told you to stand up straight, walk with your head up and shoulders down. I have even known people particularly females whose mothers made them walk with books on their heads so they could get it just right. Mine did not make me do that, although we did do it for fun sometimes. Pretending to be models and such.

I find myself now aware of how I stand or sit. I do not want to sit with my shoulders down and my face looking at the floor, and yet I do not want to sit in such a way that I appear haughty or arrogant. So, I try to sit somewhere in between with a smile on my face so I am approachable. The last thing I want people thinking is that I think I am “all that” and they cannot approach or talk to me. Thinking on this topic has made me think of our posture when we approach the throne room of heaven. I think there are different postures for different scenarios.

There are times when we have sinned and need to go to the throne room of Heaven and talk with our Father about our sin and repentance. I think when we do this our posture should be one of humility. I have had those moments where I needed to confess sin and it was hard, I was embarrassed by my actions and ashamed. My posture was one of humility, understanding that I was so wrong, I need forgiveness and restoration.

When Peter had denied Jesus three times, he was devastated by his actions. I am sure he was embarrassed, anguished even and full of humility when he realized what he had done. We read in Luke 22:54-62 about Peter’s denial. Verses 60-62 say 60″But Peter said, “Man I do not know what you are talking about.” And immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed. 61 And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the saying of the Lord, how he had said to him, “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.” And he went out and wept bitterly.”

Sometimes we go in humility and with bitter tears of repentance. Peter had to be converted from himself to Christ’s and when he wept bitterly this happened. Everything about his belief and walk with Christ changed when he got up off his knees. Peter was called “The Rock”. Jesus said he would build his church upon this rock. Matthew 16:18 “And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock, I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.” Peter was a changed man from that moment on.

There are times we go to the throne room of Heaven with great joy and excitement, our posture one of confidence because we know we are a welcome child of God. I remember after I was saved I was so excited to talk to Jesus, I knew that he would hear me and wanted to hear from me, so it gave me much boldness and joy to talk with him, sometimes of seemingly silly things. He was a new friend and confidante and although I knew he already knew whatever it was, I still wanted to tell him. Hebrews 4:16 says “Let us approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace in our time of need.” We see in Ephesians 3:12 “In him through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence. One translation says “with boldness.”

These are just a couple examples, there are many other postures to take when approaching God. Often in times of deep hurt, we approach God as a small child needing to be consoled by our daddy. When those times come we go crying and unable to bear the weight of the hurt, and he opens up his arms and says, come child. When we do go to him and sit in his lap, we find rest and healing for our wounded hearts. Psalm 34:18 says “The Lord is near to those who are discouraged; he saves those who have lost all hope”, and in Psalm 147:3 we read “He heals the broken-hearted and bandages their wounds.” What a comfort and reassurance to know that no matter our posture we as children of the Most- High are always welcome to come to him, whether in sorrow, repentance, joy or hurt. He is able, He alone has the answer and He alone can give us all that we need and more in any circumstance.

I am not sure what posture you need to take this day, but I am confident of this He hears and He cares and He answers. Go to him! He wants to hear from you. I promise!

My feet hurt a lot! I have had several surgeries on both feet and they hurt in varying degrees of
“ouch” all the time. If I have been on my feet a lot I also have lots of swelling. This makes walking very difficult at times, but it has me thinking about Jesus and his disciples and all the walking they did; did their feet hurt? Did they ever wish they could just stop, stay home, put their feet up and say: “fix it yourselves!!”

It is what many people today do, feet hurting is a valid excuse for not going somewhere or doing a particular thing, right? Trust me there are times I have wanted to say no, I cannot do this today, maybe another day, or another the thought of not only standing on my feet but moving for any length of time has made me feel sick to my stomach. Here are a few scriptures concerning feet and their
importance.

Romans 10:25
“And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”

Isaiah 52:7
“How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”

And in John 13:6-10 we see Jesus washing the disciple’s feet. 6 “He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?” 7 Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.” 8 “No,” said Peter, “you shall never wash my feet.”
Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.” 9 “Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!” 10 Jesus answered, “Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their whole body is clean.”

When I think of the hard, dusty ground that my Savior walked and the miles he went to show his love I am humbled and grateful. I am sure there were many times when his feet and those of the disciples must have been aching from the endless miles they had to walk and the rough terrain they had to walk over. We are told in Psalm 22:16 about Jesus feet being pierced, I cannot imagine that kind of pain, yet he did it for me. When the hammer slammed down on that huge nail and it split his skin and went through his foot into the wood of the cross what agony must he have felt? Love held him on that cross.

I am reminded that a little pain now is worth it when you are showing the love of Christ to someone in word and deed. Sure, maybe my feet will hurt, but at the end of it, I have a warm tub to soak them in. There are things we do in life that bring us so much pleasure that we do not count the cost or the pain. Jesus certainly didn’t! I like to think that Jesus sees the sacrifice, and his heart smiles when I do it anyway. Though very mild in comparison to the agony he felt, it is still a sacrifice of pain at times. Maybe he thinks of how many times his feet ached while serving those around him. I want to be like him spreading love and serve as many as He puts in my path. If that means a little physical pain has to accompany it than so be it. His word tells me that his grace is sufficient in all circumstances from heartache to “footache!”

My Day

When I was a child I would plan my day, each one with an excitement of its own. At least I thought so; I wanted total control of my day, my way all the way! I would think about who I wanted to go play with in my neighborhood if I was going to walk over to my grandparents, would I climb a tree today, who knew, but one thing for sure I wanted to do what I wanted to do! The thought that I might have to stop playing to go somewhere with my mother, or come in and do something I did not want to do was all most too much for me. The me mentality in full bloom!

The older I get the more I find that I want to be found doing whatever The Lord directs me to. If my day is interrupted by someone else’s need that is ok by me.

I had a great example of that in my grandmother, she spent most of her days thinking of others and doing something for them. She especially was about the Father’s business of loving others. I want to be found loving others like Jesus did. I love to be involved and give help if I can, but knowing that I am doing something important for my Lord means everything. It does not matter if it is big or little if it pleases him. Even small things mean a lot!

I know I do not have to “work” for my salvation or forgiveness, there is just a burning desire to be Jesus hands and feet on this earth to someone. Everyone needs love and help with skin on at one time or another in life; if I can be that for them then that is enough. I don’t really consider it interruptions, it is more like opportunities to extend grace and mercy in small measure, human
style of course. Our Lord was never too busy for people, all people.

Zacchaeus.
19 “Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. 3 He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him since Jesus was coming that way.
5 When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.” 6 So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.”

The woman at the well: John 4: 7-10
7 “When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?”8 (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)
9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?”
10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”

Even when Jesus was bone tired he did not quit or walk away, he went about doing the Father’s business. Loving on others. Sometimes a human touch in a life means more than a million words ever could. We each have opportunities to think about someone besides self and also do for someone besides self. It does not have to be a grand gesture, just a gesture.

I think often of times when I know that someone interrupted their day to come help and minister to me, and it touched my heart to its core. People want to matter, I want to matter. It is the human need to love and be loved. So, let’s stop our childish ways, stop looking inward and start reaching out, I want to love like Jesus, do you?”

I want to plan my day around the Father’s calendar.

1 Corinthians 13:4 
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 

What is this thing called love, the kind of love that we are told to have from scripture; the kind of love that does not seek its own? What does it look like in practical everyday terms? 

As I and others have said in the past love is an action word, it requires something on our part. Love with legs on it. Love that is patient does not get easily angered or offended by someone who just doesn’t have it together. The kind of love that realizes that some people need a little extra in life; maybe extra time to grow in grace and wisdom, or maybe a co-worker who doesn’t treat you right, or a family member that likes to create arguments from nothing. What if these people push all your buttons at once, does scripture give us permission to lose it on them, to treat them as they are treating us? No, it says that love is kind. Kind love goes the extra mile, kind love turns the other cheek even while the one is still burning, kind love does not hold a wrong against someone.

I will agree there are many times when it is hard to be patient and kind, some people are hard to like, let alone love. But God says we are to be patient and to be kind, so we must put forth the effort. Remember he has loved us and been patient with us and is still doing it as we are molded and shaped and grown. We too have had unloveable days and unloveable ways, or at least I have, maybe I am the only one.

Next, we see that love does not envy. What does it mean to envy? Webster says this: Envy denotes a longing to possess something awarded to or achieved by another: to feel envy when a friend inherits a fortune. Jealousy, on the other hand, denotes a feeling of resentment that another has gained something that one more rightfully deserves. 

Do you find yourself wanting what others have, being jealous of what they possess, do you make comparisons and get angry if you feel slighted or cheated. Can you freely give praise and accolades to others with a kind, loving heart? 

What about boasting and being proud. Maybe instead of feeling cheated you are on the other end always bragging, patting your own back. Obviously, God dislikes proudness enough that he put it in scripture. We are to love like Jesus loves. We are to love others like we long to be loved, and usually when we want to receive love, we want it to come with full affection and all the good things that it can. All the warm fuzzies, complete. We do not want to feel left out or unworthy, so why would we do those things to someone else?

If we could never love like Jesus, we would not have been told to love that way. We can when we are full of God and desire to pour him into others, and we die to self and selfish ways. When was the last time you put legs on your love? Did it cost you anything? God’s love cost him everything, think about it.

I may never completely love like Jesus did, but I am certainly going to try! Remember we all have failings and times when we are unloveable, at least to the world, but even on those days we are loved by our Lord and Savior, he never gives up on us.

First let me say that I do not write this as a way to make anyone feel sorry for me, or to think badly of my daddy, or to trash a man that is no longer around, I write it to encourage you to forgive any wrong that has been done to you and to let you know that God is bigger than anything that touches our lives in a negative way and that being a forgiver is a wonderful way to be.

I grew up in a home where I was sexually abused by my dad. Life for me was hard and confusing. I had a daddy that was not saved and took all his frustrations out on his children. We suffered from physical and emotional abuse of all kinds. My mother and grandparents knew of the physical and emotional abuse, but not the sexual abuse. And although they hated it, there is only so much someone can do against a larger more crafty foe.

Anyway, I struggled as you can imagine with forgiveness. I had a very hard time loving the sinner and only[hating] the sin. I knew that the Bible said I must forgive and I wanted to and I tried really hard to do just that. We as adults have that same struggle, trying to forgive seemingly unimaginable things, so imagine a child trying. I did love my daddy, but oh how I hated the things he did!

We were church goers, every time the door was open we were there. My mother was the pianist and believe it or not my daddy was the choir director. No one at that time knew anything of our home life, maybe they suspected things were not perfect, but for the most part they accepted him as he was at church. He had a voice like an angel, was funny and always willing to lend a helping hand to anyone in need. He seemed like a great man.

I accepted Jesus as my savior at 9 years old, I had heard many stories of Jesus, his love, his forgiveness; and I wanted to please him even then. After one particular sermon that centered on forgiveness the Holy Spirit kept bringing this point of forgiveness to my mind, so I knew I must do something about it. Yes, even children can hear from the Holy Spirit.

Now my grandparents were the salt of the earth, solid Christians, Jesus hands and feet on this earth. They were kind people. Their home was my refuge, time there was like heaven on earth to me. I would ask my grandmother questions all the time and she would not only answer me from the wisdom of her life but, God’s word. I asked her one day this question, “Do I have to forgive people who are mean to me, who do really bad things?”, and of course, her answer was (yes), followed by this scripture, Mathew 6:15 “But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” Even as a child I understood that wow, how would I do that!

My grandmother proceeded to tell me that I needed to get “Jesus Eyes”, in other words, I needed to ask Jesus to help me see the person who offended me the way he saw them, and in doing so it would take the sting out of the sin, and help me to pray effectively for them. She explained we were all sinners, and we all needed saving and forgiving every day. So, I did what she said. I asked for Jesus Eyes, so I could see the sin and separate it from the person, in this instance my daddy.

Psalm 51:5 says: “Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.” God was faithful to hear and to answer. Jeremiah 33:3 “Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know. I can tell you that God did that and so much
more!”

He heard my prayers, He helped me to see my daddy through “Jesus eyes” and He walked me through forgiveness. It was not fast, it at times was really painful. After all, my anger was justified, but forgive I did. Forgiveness is more for you than the other person. The kind of healing it brings is life-giving.

My grandmother told me something else to, she said that forgiveness like love was an action word. She said that even if forgiveness had not taken root in my heart I could act it out by the things I did and that God would see my effort and help the feelings to follow. She was right, I acted in forgiveness toward him much sooner than my feelings followed, but follow they did.

I am thankful that today there is no unforgiveness toward him anywhere in my heart. I am thankful that he eventually was truly born again and has been home in Heaven for many years now. And lastly, I am thankful that one day I will see him again. God did more than I could have ever imagined, but I am not surprised, after all, He is God and He is good!

I thank God for my life, it has been a gift, God has used every moment for my good and his glory! No matter what your circumstances may be, He can do the same for you, just give it to him and see what He will do!

Blessings!

It seems in our society today that keeping your word to someone really does not matter, but I can tell you that it matters very much! People want to know that you can be trusted to do what you say when you say, how you say. Now sometimes there are emergency situations that arise and you are forced to change your plans, but if that is not the case and you are just the type of person who it does not matter to you that you do not do what you have said you would, shame on you! The Bible is clear about how important our words are. 1 John 2:5 says this: “But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that are of him.

We may expect that a non-believer might not keep his word, he does not belong to The Lord therefore he does not abide by what the word tells us we are to do. Now, that does not mean all non-believers are dishonest, sometimes, unfortunately, they are more honest than Christians, sad, but true. However, we as believers are held to a much higher standard, we, after all, are representing Christ to the world.

Numbers 30:2 “He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.”
Psalm 89:34 “I will not violate my covenant or alter the word that went forth from my lips”
And a favorite of mine which simply says this. Matthew 5:37 “Let what you say be simply ‘yes’ or ‘no’: anything more than this comes from evil.”

What if Jesus did not keep his word, what if all the things he said he would do he simply did not? Where would that leave us? He could have said: These people are not worth my dying a horrible, painful death on the cross. I will not send the Holy Spirit to help and guide them. They are on their own, happy landings to all!

I have a friend who is always telling me she wants to see me, go out for lunch etc., when it comes time to actually do it more times than not I get a text message near the time telling me she cannot make it. I know this means she has found a more exciting thing to do. I do not think she has plans to drop me like a hot rock last minute when we first make the plans, she just cannot pass up what seems to be something more exciting. Is it hurtful – yes, it is! My flesh wants to lash out at her and hurt her, but my heart makes the decision to always walk in forgiveness knowing that I am in need of forgiveness from my Lord daily, also, I tentatively look forward to it and do not fully allow myself to get too excited until it actually happens, this eases my disappointment a little. I love my friend and I know not to get my hopes up to high, I hesitantly get ready waiting for the text to cancel to come through, and happily, go meet her if it does not. We always enjoy good conversation and laughter, and I am always thankful we had time together. Obviously, there are emergencies that happen and we just have to cancel or back out, but those are few and far between for most of us.

This is just a small sample of not keeping your word and how it is hurtful, there are much bigger things at stake at times, much deeper hurts to be had. I want people to know that if I say I will do something I will follow through, even if I might wish I had not made the offer or promise. If I really do not want to do something I say ‘no’, although my family thinks I am too much of a yes person. I enjoy people, I enjoy serving people so saying yes and meaning it is easy for me. Unless there are circumstances beyond my control I follow through.

Think about who you want to be, remember that others are watching us, especially non-believers, and our children, they watch intently what we do and say. Teach them well to keep their word, to be an example to others of how we are to be different, set apart, honest in all we do and say. We all fall short, but most of us get that next chance to do it right. If you really do not want to do something say ‘no’ when asked, otherwise show up or follow through.

I am so thankful Jesus followed through with all he came to do. He did not change his mind, even when the pain was unbearable. His “yes” was the best “yes” ever!

Three letters, that’s all it takes to spell this word “joy”; what exactly is joy? Webster’s dictionary says that it is. A.” The emotion evoked by well being, success, or good fortune or the prospect of possessing what one desires” (delight) B.”(bliss). Does joy have the same meaning in scripture? The answer is yes it does. We can find multiple examples of times of joy in scripture.

In the Old Testament, we see Joy covering a wide range of human experiences from intimate love (Song of Songs 4) marriage (Pr. 5:18), childbirth (Ps 113:9). We also read in various books of the Bible where people are full of joy because of their salvation and encounters with God spiritually and in deliverance (Ps 32:11), (Ps 40:16), (Ps 63:11). We see in (Luke 10:20) where the angels feel joy when an unbeliever becomes a believer and is born again. Another great one is the Lord is joyous when he finds a lost sheep, (Luke 15:3-7).

There are many more instances in the Bible where it speaks about experiencing joy and delight. So obviously it’s very important to the Lord that we feel joyous experiences, and that we express joy. All too often believers are seen as unhappy and without joy. I have heard people say things like ” If that is the way a Christian behaves I don’t want to be one! “Shouldn’t Christians look happier?” Christians should be the happiest and most joyful people on the earth regardless of circumstances. We have been saved, every sin forgiven, set apart, we are no longer on our way to hell, we are headed to heaven, our future home for all eternity, and the King of Kings and Lord of Lord’s on our side seeing us through to the end. We cannot lose!

I had a conversation with someone and they shared with me that they had absolutely no joy, nothing that made them feel joyous. This was a believer and I found myself feeling sorry for them that they had become so inwardly focused that they were overlooking the most amazing thing that they could be joyful about. The place where joy should start is realizing that they will
never receive the punishment for their sin, and they will never see hell, and they have eternity with Jesus in their future.

(Eph. 1:3-14) “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him In love He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will.” (Ps 49:15) But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, For He will receive me.

I want Joy to be splashed across my face. I want others to wonder and ask me why I am so joyful all the time. I want the light of Christ to flood my soul so much that joy oozes out of me. Now, this may sound crazy to you, you might be one of those Christian’s that just cannot get any joy to bubble up let alone show up on your face. I seriously think that if you are that person you need to spend some time alone with the Lord and ask him to help you find that place of joy, the kind that others can see and then know that you have are in a relationship with the Lord.

I think of this old song I have sung many times:
I’ve got the Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy down in my heart, where? Down in my heart, where? Down in my heart. Do you have Joy down in your heart? If so then let it move from your heart to your face so others can see it!