JOY. There's something about JOY that's different than happiness. JOY comes from God, happiness can be from a cheeseburger. Joy is an internal thing, and happiness, an external one. JOY comes from Jesus. It is a JOY that He came and offered up His life on our behalves... not the pain He went through, itself, but the total sinless unselfishness created by love that brought the JOY of the Lord, as our strength through all He has done for us.
Having JOY is about an attitude. You can have joy even when things are hard, times are tough, and you want to cry... even if you're not happy, JOY can be found. There really IS JOY is the Lord. He will never let us down or forsake us. He sent His Son, the Christ, to fulfill His own joy, and our own...
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