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Be Joyful
Martin Broones, music
Betty Luerssen
Joyful,
Be joyful,
Be glad this day!
Joy in God’s goodness,
Be glad this day!
All God’s creation joys in His name:
Now let His children all do the same.
Song of the sparrow,
Kiss of the breeze;
Smile of the sunlight,
O joy in these!
Trees pointing upward,
Brooks singing free;
Blossom and starlight,
All joy in Thee.
All God’s creation joys in His Name:
Now let His children all do the same.
Man in God’s likeness,
free from disease;
Perfect creation,
O joy in these!
Men of all nations,
Upright and free;
Thy sons and daughters,
All praising Thee!
Joyful,
Be joyful,
Be glad this day!
Joy in God’s goodness,
Be glad this day!
"A friend came up to me at work at nine in the morning and said
“My day is already full of obstacles that I don’t seem to be able to get round! I don’t know what to do!”
And I found myself looking at the river [which was so near and I could see it beyond her] and began saying
“Well perhaps see them as obstacles in the river which it just flows round, you can be the same.”
“Got it!” She said! “I’m the flow of the river and nothing can affect me!”
And from then on things started moving for her…someone she hadn’t been able to contact suddenly appeared and things got better!
From then on everyone was talking about becoming part of the force for good; not in so many words but that was what was implied!”
Interfaith gets a boost from this article. Isn’t war perpetrated by foreign powers? Read this article! Huffington Post article!
And we knew as soon as we walked through the door, feeling the warm gaze of the owner, who was expecting us, that it was going to be a good experience!
My current trip to Japan for many reasons has been initiated, after much deliberation, to demonstrate that the way we think is going to underlie what comes into our experience. We are learning a new art form!
“You just have to go on being who you are reflecting God…. turn your back to the error and stand in the light and go on doing what you’re best at.”