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Joy, sweet joy that floods my soul, where did you come from?
It came undeserved from Him in a moment when
darkness seemed to reign supreme. Where circumstance
did surely set itself against the fabric of my soul, and I
could not rise up to meet the dawning of His day.
Joy came then opposed in a flood of light that gave my soul
an edge. Although a circumstance of loss so grave did surely
deal the power of helpless dread, joy alone brought
His victory in the midst of life's cruelest trial.
Joy broke across the rejection in my wounded heart with an
embrace that held me sure. It did not merely prop me up
with a useless word. He met me with His gentle spirit of
power and surprised me with the burning passion that embraced
my empty sinful heart with His tidal wave of love.
This power of joy removed the darkness of an empty soul
far away. Yet in the midst of circumstance unchanged,
joy did mark the hour of triumph with tears that washed
me in His anointing as a fragrant, precious oil poured in.
My flaws were all exposed as they were washed away
in this flood of joy that touched me with the power of His Word.
To understand what could not be learned without His
wondrous gift that filled me with His will to love
all of His creation.
For His grace creates in me a new heart as a home where
His joy can take up its abode, and shine His light of
kindness forever in my soul.
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