Joy

I have been enjoying Adam Hamilton's devotional book "The Journey: A season of Reflections" this advent!   In it he writes the following about Joy and I say a hearty AMEN!

"Joy, unlike happiness, can come to us independant of our circumstances.  It comes not from changing our circumstances but from viewing them through the eyes of faith.... Joy is a choice we make when we look at our present circumstances through eyes of faith, trusting that God is at work and that he will never leave us nor abandon us.  And it is often found with the help of another who reassures us that God is with us."