Secret to Joy

  I prayed for strength... 

He gave me joy

The joy of the Lord is my strength. 

Neh.8:10

There’s a sacred joy in living when we learn to find kind worth

In each day that we are given by God of Heaven and earth

When we start to serve the Master with a more determined quest

Then the heart is filled with honour and the urge to give our best

…and the task that may seem common to the seeker of ‘success’

Is not the defining factor when it comes to happiness

…and the stumbles and the tumbles and the messes that man makes

Do not seem quite as defeating as we learn from our mistakes

…as we hear the Higher Calling in whatever lot we bear

Then we start to learn the secret of a joy beyond compare

As we prize the priceless treasure of God’s grace whereby man goes

We begin to taste the measure of joy only He bestows

© Janet Martin