Oil of Joy

True joy is responding to those in need, even when their need is questionable.

True joy is a spontaneous prayer said with a friend to calm restless hearts.

True joy is hearing the voices of children sing and proclaim the anticipation of Jesus birth.

True joy is the tears and sorrow in someone’s loss, combined with a smile of hope.

True joy is turning our hearts to God and anticipating something new this year in the birth of His Son.

Let this oil of joy cover us and fill us with the goodness that only comes from God.

…(I will) bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor. Isaiah 61:3