tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662044508329976245.post9103120587074418319..comments2012-04-10T09:51:43.958-07:00Comments on Hephzibah: Talk Thursday // JoySarah Lewiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14320309476740815470noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662044508329976245.post-80536577457954914202010-04-09T08:46:52.944-07:002010-04-09T08:46:52.944-07:00You are wise, folks indeed, you Cowdens. Wise folk...You are wise, folks indeed, you Cowdens. Wise folks indeed. =)Sarah Lewiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14320309476740815470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662044508329976245.post-75552822883431201982010-04-08T17:07:37.596-07:002010-04-08T17:07:37.596-07:00I think part of my keeping joy and happiness seper...I think part of my keeping joy and happiness seperate is trying to find joy in everything. Because I've got Jesus-way-down-in-the-depths-of-my-heart, I can find joy in all situations; sad, funny, happy, and everything else. I try to keep the equation in my head that Jesus=Joy. One quote I love is from an author who says we should "wring joy from every minute" and I agree. Sometimes the joy in life is so obvious it smacks us in the face. Sometimes it's hidden or masked and we have to wring it from those times.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16433110219395554094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662044508329976245.post-6720027001923768852010-04-08T16:58:35.762-07:002010-04-08T16:58:35.762-07:00Whoa! Halfway through reading this I was totally g...Whoa! Halfway through reading this I was totally gonna say that I think joy is closely related to hope. Hopeless folks are joyless folks. People who focus on hope are joyful.<br /><br />When we get bogged down in our present circumstances, our joy diminishes. Paul often reminds us that our hope is still ahead of us. See Philippians 3:12-14.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11529083869145002145noreply@blogger.com