lovelights attic: Source of Joy

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Source of Joy

Inside me it was quiet all day

Outside me it was noisy all day

Inside me spirit dwells

Outside me turmoil reins

I waited until midnight for silence

For Spirit to quiet the noise of the day

Then peace descended like a blanket of stars

And joy awoke with the dawn Lovelight

Joy is the feeling we get when everything in our life is wonderful. When we feel completely loved, healed, whole, alive. When we have great moments of rejoicing and celebration, such as a wedding or the birth of a baby. Joy comes with our first kiss, or the ecstasy of being in love. We find joy in the fulfillment of our dreams and wishes. In the understanding of living in the moment and enjoying each and everyone of those moments. Joy is in loving, sharing, caring. Joy is the moment of feeling God’s guidance, of answered prayer.

Joy feels like a bursting of happiness. A bubbling up of pure delight. A feeling of walking a few inches above the ground. As if you could fly on wings of silver light. Joy brings a feeling of deep power that knows no limits, a knowing you can do any and all things. Joy refreshes and renews and gives you a sense of complete freedom. From deep within joy springs to light and produces complete bliss. The beauty of the world rests on pure joy.

Looking at the night sky with its billions of stars, wanting to reach out and touch them or to capture the moonbeams. That feeling is joy. Be surprised by joy--cultivate joy.

And the greatest joy of all is the indescribable brightness that floods our soul when the Holy Spirit abides within. For when we know where our source of joy comes from, we can embrace the path of joy, having gratitude for all Gods blessings and for each day given us as a gift. Gratitude brings joy.

Joy is a feeling of great happiness or pleasure, elevated to the heights of elation. And when we know that our source of joy comes from the Holy Spirit, our joy can soar to the heights of ecstasy.