tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13173725.post649346275158167193..comments2023-11-28T21:28:17.116-06:00Comments on THE OWL'S SONG: Joy ~ Day SixDorcas (aka SingingOwl)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15626748280614018533noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13173725.post-68231808739370955132008-12-27T14:23:00.000-06:002008-12-27T14:23:00.000-06:00Amen to your prayer!Amen to your prayer!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13173725.post-16592275358086511772008-12-27T07:40:00.000-06:002008-12-27T07:40:00.000-06:00Thank you for the post. I can see the difference b...Thank you for the post. I can see the difference between joy and happiness. I feel the joy of the season despite news of friends getting ill exactly because of the hope in Jesus. And this joy has a calming effect in times of difficulty. Thanks again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13173725.post-29314901205128369252008-12-26T12:18:00.000-06:002008-12-26T12:18:00.000-06:00I see "joy" as a power (Isaiah 12) to use to acces...I see "joy" as a power (Isaiah 12) to use to access all the Lord has invested in me. I has edges of "happy" in it, but is not limited by that concept at all. <BR/><BR/>Thank you for these posts. <BR/>Blessings.Iris Godfreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08514316297577930499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13173725.post-29300184499345249692008-12-26T07:24:00.000-06:002008-12-26T07:24:00.000-06:00Last night before I went to sleep I sat in bed rea...Last night before I went to sleep I sat in bed reading from the book of Matthew. Ray and I took turns reading from Mathew and Luke the story of Jesus' birth in the morning and I wanted to end my Christmas night with a bit more scripture. I read the Beatitudes and continued to read from Matt. 5 <BR/><BR/>Jesus is talking... <BR/>"Don't misunderstand why I have come. I did not come to abolish the law of Moses or the writings of the prophets. No, I came to fulfill them. I assure you, until heaven and earth disappear, even the smallest detail of God's law will remain until its purpose is achieved. So if you break the smallest commandment and teach others to do the same, you will be the least in the Kingdom of Heaven. But I warn you--unless you obey God better than the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees do, you can't enter the Kingdom of Heaven at all!" <BR/><BR/>Of course this made me go to the commandments and read them over. I read all of this to Ray and we pondered a bit on obedience, the Beatitudes, and the Kingdom of heaven. Do you think this is a coincidence? I don't!much2ponderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02392298165950651491noreply@blogger.com