the joy of the Lord is our strength

You don't know what real joy is before you walk the streets of Africa. Before you go to the orphanage, and find the children that has lost everything in this world. They are so small, and still they know how it is to be hungry, and don't have anything to eat. They know how painful it is to loose those you love the most. But in those little children you find faith. joy. dance. smiles. laughter. thanksgiving to God because He has given them life, and He has promised to go with them every day. You don't know what joy is before you see the smiling face of the young boy who couldn't walk because his feet was burnt, now playing football together with the other children. Hope. You don't know what joy is before you enter the church Sunday morning and find a nation that is singing and dancing for the Lord who is everything they need. A people that has understood a fundational truth, that THE JOY OF THE LORD IS OUR STRENGTH... May the Lord give our nation freedom to rejoice in Him! Amen