So often I have felt alone in my journey, yet I've been afraid to let anyone see my fear and weakness.

Besides re-arming myself with joy, I need to know the holes in my defenses, the places where I'm vulnerable and where the enemy has successfully attacked me before.

The land promised to Abraham and his descendants is once again theirs. God always keeps His promises. Even in times of cataclysmic upheaval and change, God's love and faithfulness are unchanging.

Happiness is something that comes from our own hearts, not from other people.

So often I have felt alone in my journey, yet I've been afraid to let anyone see my fear and weakness.

That's absurd," I said with a little laugh. "Nobody can read too much. That's like saying someone breathes too much.

Joy explodes throughout the book of Psalms like fireworks, and is the most potent anti-missile defense system there is.