Joy is a serious busness in Heaven....

    Wanna know what brings me Joy?.....Joy! Seriously, think about it, how incredibly boring life would be without it. Riding a roller coaster, friends, chocolate cake!!! All these things would be pointless if there was no joy.

    Those who know me, typically say that joy is a quality that I show a lot (ma be even to the point of annoyance sometimes) but recently some things happened that really took that joy from me and i hated it! Growing up i was always told that if u have a problem, find a verse, stand on it, and stick with it and nothing will be able to defeat you. While i was trying to find this "life saving" verse, i realized how little i actually knew about joy! This incredible gift of God! And like any gift, once you open it you wanna know everything about it! its secrets, its beauty, and you want to get every ounce of use from this gift that you can!! Not just say that u have it but to even show it off! So here I began my study on Joy. To reveal and receive all that this gift offers me.

   One definition that really caught me off guard is this:
Joy: "It is the Overwhelming sense of comfort and contentment that floods ones soul. It is the thing that we have when we are walking with the Holy Spirit and mortifying the deeds of the flesh.
-True joy comes only when we are focused upon walking with the Lord and esteeming others!

    Joy is just God being in you!!! When you are showing joy, you are showing the very beauty of God. You hear so many testimonies about people who have gotten saved because they saw the love and joy from other Christians so obviously it is a very important factor.
     Isaiah 55:12
You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace;the mountains and hills will burst into song before you,and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
                                     (this ^^ seems like some serious joy to me!)

    And if your wondering about that one verse that I needed to stand on.....I found myself writing it everywhere the next day at school! And I can honestly say that THAT day, I really understood for the first time what it means to have peace and joy that passes all understanding!! Because I still don't completely understand how its possible! Its just one of those things that God not only gives to you but reveals to when you accepting Him at His fullest... were its all of Him and less of you! <3
                * Romans 15:13
    May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

kagalakan (JOY)