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By Cindy Duncan
08/25/16
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Joy’s Joy

I once met a lady named Joy
And her name fit her to a tee
She never knew any heartache
At least it looked that way to me

She smiled and laughed and loved
As carefree as any I’d known
I assumed her life was perfect
Which was so unlike my own

I shared with her my problems
Since obviously she had none
How I tried so hard to finish
But my work, it never got done

I told her my car needed tires
And how my bills hadn’t been paid
My husband forgot my birthday
And this was the most I had weighed

She prayed with me right then
She lifted my burdens up high
I think my problems saddened her
‘Cause a tear puddled in her eye

When I saw Joy’s name on the list
Of people for whom we should pray
I had to ask them the reason
Just to see what they would say

They said her daughter had cancer
Her son was addicted to pills
She recently lost her mother
And Joy wasn’t named in the will

She had custody of her grandson
His mom had abandoned the child
I thought that compared to her life
My problems might really be mild.

But how could she be so happy
Why did she love life so much?
When all I could do was worry
About sorrows and pain and such

“Where does Joy get her joy,” I asked
“What makes her able to cope?”
“It’s Jesus of Nazareth”, they said
“He gives her an eternal hope”

Without this Jesus of Nazareth
I knew I’d been right all along
My problems were worse than Joy’s
And I couldn’t be very strong

So I trusted in their Jesus
To save me from all my sin
Immediately I became
Happier than I’d ever been

My problems paled when compared
To what Jesus had done for me
No matter what trouble might come
He made me happy, whole and free

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