A PERMEATING LIFE OF JOY

A PERMEATING LIFE OF JOY


Do you live
A LIFE OF JOY?
Does your joy
PERMEATE out to others?


It should=that is the
RESPONSIBILITY of
A TRUE CHRISTIAN


To live joy and SPREAD
Your joy-out to OTHERS


“Let the rivers
Clap their hands


The mountains shout with them
FOR JOY” Psalm 98:8


I have noticed
A significant disappearance
Of joy=in people
OVER the years


Less laughter=
Less smiles=and people
GENERALLY less happy-
Even disparaging others


So the psalm today
Comes at a
GREAT TIME


A great time
For us to REMEMBER
That it is up to us


To SPREAD THE JOY
Of our life=to
Other people


“So the word of
GOD SPREAD


The number of disciples
In Jerusalem
Increased rapidly


And a large number
Of priests
Became obedient
To the faith” Acts 6:7


“As for other matters
Brothers and sisters
Pray for us


That the message
Of the Lord
May SPREAD rapidly


And be honored
Just as it was
With you” 2 Thessalonians 3:1


Rivers clapping hands
Mountains shouting
With enthusiasm=
How about that
For a metaphor


How about that
For SPREADING the joy=
Let us spread the joy
Of the Lord too


Let us live a life
Of PERMEATING JOY
Let us
Spread our joy to OTHERS


“........then that person
Can pray to God
And find favor
With him


They will see God's face
And SHOUT FOR JOY” Job 33:26


“Let me hear JOY
And gladness
Let the bones


You have crushed=REJOICE” Psalm 51:8


Let us live a life
Where justice
And compassion thrive


For JOY FOLLOWS
When justice EXPANDS
In the world


And we can live lives
That PERMEATE JOY
To others


In Jesus' name=and in the name of our EVER JOYFUL FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
8-31-19




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Joyce Rupp, O.S.M.