Monday, August 28, 2006

Joined with Joy

"When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter.... Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as the streams in the south. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy" (Psalm 126:1-5). "And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Ghost" (Acts 13:52).

There is a joy that fills the heart
So full it overflows.
We cannot know this joy apart
From God the Holy Ghost.

This is not the kind of joy
That circumstances feed;
Joy in Christ does not employ
What others say we need.

This is joy that finds its source
In God the Holy Spirit,
Like a steam that runs its course
Wherever God will steer it.

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