Everyone is searching for joy.

Some folks search for joy in the bottom of a bottle or a glass. Some folks search for joy in the feeling of smoke clogging up their lungs. Some folks search for joy in getting tattoos, body piercings, or jewelry. Some search for joy in money, prestige, luxury homes, new cars, or travel to exotic places.

Joy is closer than that. Joy is simpler than that.

Joy is in the changing faces of clouds; the sweet song of a bird; the delicate color of flower petals. Joy is in the smile of a child; the tail wag of a dog on a walk; the contented purr of a kitten.

Joy is in sunlight tracing fire and color in the clouds; the reaches of a tree to the sky; the gentle lapping of waves against the shore.

Joy is in every nation, every language, every people in this wide wonderful world.

In God’s presence is fullness of joy. Psalm 16:11

The best thing about this joy…it is a free gift available to anyone who reaches out to take it.

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