Joy is a weapon we use to fight life's battles.

When we fight back with joy, we awaken to the deepest reality of our identity as beloved, delightful children of God.

Wide awake to the presence of God, I realized I had been so focused on asking why a good God allowed bad things to happen that I was missing out on the nearness of God all along. In becoming preoccupied with the why, I was missing the who.

Joy emanates out of the abiding sense of God’s fierce love for us.

The wonder of prayer is rediscovered in who we're speaking to. Prayer is a mystical event by which we get to talk to the Creator of all-the One who fashioned our world with a few words-knowing that God not only listens but answers.

I had been searching for joy in the relatively good times of life, now I had to find joy amidst darkness and agony.

God sits enthroned, ready to listen, to help.