Let's Talk About Joy

I'm over at the Pretty & Wise website today! We've been talking about joy all month and I've been STRUGGLING to just SBICAW(Sit Butt In Chair And Write) about this subject. I have written about JOY in the past on my blog in 2018 here: Where Is The Joy. 

Where Is the Joy?

That post took off in a crazy direction with pizza, a dream...the nighttime, 'what the heck was that about?' kind of dream...dream interpretation, and a bit of reflection about what God had placed in my hand to do. It's a whole thing...so. Follow the link in the previous paragraph if that has piqued your interest. 

Since that time I've done a lot of research on the subject of joy and happiness...and no they are not necessarily exclusive in their respective meanings. I used to think they were, but after pouring over scriptures about joy, digging into the original language with word studies, and reading numerous books written by many authors (some who are biblical scholars), I think differently now. But I digress...because when I finally sat down to work out this most recent article God steered me around that onto a different path...talk about rabbit trails. 

My article today, The Question of Joy, has most certainly taken on an unexpected twist. Much of it is about Job's suffering, his questions, and God's answer. Not exactly where I expected to end up when I began writing an article about JOY. 

Head over to read the article, then click on the link at the bottom of the article where it says "community". That is where we discuss 'all the things'. That is where the sisterhood takes place...those 'you too' moments that let you know that you are not alone in this world. 

*****UPDATE...so sorry. The Pretty & Wise website has been refurbished since I wrote this article, and all the articles from our first year of writing have been taken down and put into book form to create our very first devotional. You can purchase it here: The First Year: A Devotional by The Pretty & Wise Collective. My article has been retained in the book in its original form...with a few devotional questions added to the end of the chapter.