I love parties. I will find an excuse to celebrate just about anything - from a birthday to a pretty fall day - life is about celebrating the moments.
When you think about celebrations - what is the first thing that pops into your head?
Good food? Laughter? Friends? Music?
For me, the first thing I think about when I imagine a celebration is JOY.
Joy:
a source or cause of keen pleasure or delight; something or someone greatly valued or appreciated:.
the expression or display of glad feeling; festive gaiety. a state of happiness or felicity.
the expression or display of glad feeling; festive gaiety. a state of happiness or felicity.
To have joy is to feel happiness above all things - to feel the delight and pleasure of an experience to the very depths of your soul. Being joyful makes one light and free. Joy is a gift and it is a state of mind.
Although celebrations are joy-filled times, every day we give to our LORD in His service will be a time filled with joy. When we are in the service of Christ we have the opportunity to share His light and message with a dark and lonely world.
Joy surpasses mere happiness. Joy is beyond a simple emotion or a one time experience. Joy is at the center of how we, as Christians are called to live our lives every day. We live with the knowledge that we are saved by the grace of God; not by any action of our own, but by the will of a Creator Who loves us. What could bring you greater joy?
The funny thing about joy is that the more you share it, the greater it grows. Just like parties are better when there are more people, joy gets bigger and better with each person who shares it.
...And on that long ago night in Bethlehem, the angels gave us a perfect example of how to share joy as they sang from their heavenly choirs, "We bring your good tidings of great joy...tonight a Savior is born."
What greater joy do we have than to share the good news of Jesus?
Scripture
Luke 2:8-11
Quote of the Day
“I do it for the joy it brings, cause I'm a joyful girl. 'Cause the world owes us nothing, we owe each other the world.”
Ani Difranco (Singer)
Question of the Day
What brings joy to your soul?
Hope you will all join us for the Candlelight Christmas Eve service @ 7PM at Groveport UMC
Scripture
Luke 2:8-11
Quote of the Day
“I do it for the joy it brings, cause I'm a joyful girl. 'Cause the world owes us nothing, we owe each other the world.”
Ani Difranco (Singer)
Question of the Day
What brings joy to your soul?
Hope you will all join us for the Candlelight Christmas Eve service @ 7PM at Groveport UMC
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