Meditation Verse: Psalm 16 \u201cIn Your presence is fulness of joy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As my family will tell you I am a big fan of a bee decoration, I have bee mugs, tea towels and pictures everywhere but especially in the kitchen. Quite often the message in the shops is \u201cBee Happy!\u201d which I avoid because I think it\u2019s too much pressure. In fact, I have a top that says \u201cJust Bee\u201d which is much more achievable. The Psalm this week talks about Joy which is not the same as happiness, by spending time in God\u2019s presence we can find real joy, not just fleeting happiness. According to the on-line definition Joy is a long-lasting state of being, I would put it in the same word area as assurance and comfort. Romans 12 encourages us:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c12 <\/sup><\/strong>Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prayer from J is for Joy<\/strong>, A-Z of Wellbeing, R. Rice:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHe never forgets a sparrow<\/p>\n\n\n\n He numbers the hairs on your head<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s God, not the devil, in details<\/p>\n\n\n\n From my first infant breath till I\u2019m dead<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s him that has formed these features<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s him chose this mouth and nose<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s his loving gaze every one of my days<\/p>\n\n\n\n He has watched over this frame as it grows<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s him made my internal organs<\/p>\n\n\n\n He sculpted my brain, breathed my soul<\/p>\n\n\n\n His tears mingle with mine when I\u2019m hurt<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s his love fills my heart, makes me whole<\/p>\n\n\n\n If he made every feather and wing out there<\/p>\n\n\n\n And knows every sparrow we see<\/p>\n\n\n\n I don\u2019t need to fear<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fret the small stuff<\/p>\n\n\n\n His attention to detail\u2019s for me<\/p>\n\n\n\n See me, Lord<\/p>\n\n\n\n Know my heart<\/p>\n\n\n\n Have this breath<\/p>\n\n\n\n Help me start<\/p>\n\n\n\n Again<\/p>\n\n\n\n Today<\/p>\n\n\n\n To trust<\/p>\n\n\n\n Just you<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fix my gaze on what is good and true<\/p>\n\n\n\n God of the sparrow<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hair-counting friend<\/p>\n\n\n\n You hold me all day<\/p>\n\n\n\n From beginning to end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Meditation Verse: Psalm 16 \u201cIn Your presence is fulness of joy.\u201d As my family will tell you I am a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=915"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":916,"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915\/revisions\/916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}