"Yes, the Lord has done amazing

things for us! What Joy!"

Psalm 126:3

I've never chosen a word to focus my new year on before... 

and I can't say that I went out of my way to look

 for one this year. It's more like...

the word chose me!

 I was talking to a friend and during

the conversation I was sharing how

in this new year, I need to get my joy back,

my inner peace, my deep happiness with life etc.

It was then that the word "JOY" chose me...

Merriam Webster Dictionary definition:

1 a : delight,  gaiety

2: a state of happiness or felicity : bliss

3: a source or cause of delight

Synonyms:

beatitude, blessedness, bliss, blissfulness,

felicity, gladness, happiness, warm fuzzies

 

2011 is a year that I plan to be

purposeful in discovering joy!

 

Not the 'warm fuzzies' happiness,

but the joy that is deep in the heart...

the kind that comes from knowing the

Lord and being content and satisfied in life.

 The reason for living kind of joy!


Do you have a word focus this year?
Care to share?