{"id":23447,"date":"2014-12-19T00:20:05","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T05:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=23447"},"modified":"2014-12-18T23:10:19","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T04:10:19","slug":"joy-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/12\/19\/joy-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Joy In Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/gchSHadventjoygraphic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23370\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/gchSHadventjoygraphic.jpg\" alt=\"gchSHadventjoygraphic\" width=\"586\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/gchSHadventjoygraphic.jpg 586w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/gchSHadventjoygraphic-300x158.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Joy<\/span>: a feeling of great pleasure and happiness;\u00a0&#8220;tears of joy&#8221;<\/h4>\n<div class=\"vk_gy\">During this Christmas season, we are reminded of the reason for a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">commercial<\/span> celebration. We get so caught up in buying things, baking things, making things and sending things. \u00a0But that is <strong>not<\/strong> what it is all about.<\/div>\n<div class=\"vk_gy\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"vk_gy\">We all know that<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> joy<\/span> is a choice. \u00a0We can choose to be caught up in the hustle and bustle, or we can choose to be <span style=\"color: #800080;\">joy<\/span>ful. \u00a0Henry Van Dyke wrote a wonderful song that has been in my heart this season. \u00a0It is <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee<\/em><\/span>. \u00a0It is the perfect way to express our love and gratitude for what God has done for us. \u00a0He has given us His Son. He knew Jesus was going to die on the Cross for us. \u00a0But God knew the only way to reach us was for His Son to become like us&#8212;to walk among us, to speak to us, to cry with us, and to die like us. \u00a0 But we know how He rose again to bring hope to our dying world.<\/div>\n<div class=\"vk_gy\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<pre><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee\r\nGod of glory, Lord of love\r\nHearts unfold like flowers before Thee\r\nOpening to the sun above\r\nMelt the clouds of sin and sadness\r\nDrive the dark of doubt away \r\nGiver of immortal gladness\r\nFill us with the light of day\r\n\r\nAll thy works with joy surround Thee \r\nEarth and heaven reflect Thy rays \r\nStars and angels sing around Thee\r\nCenter of unbroken praise\r\nField and forest, vale and mountain \r\nFlowery meadow, flashing sea\r\nChanting bird and flowing fountain\r\nCall us to rejoice in Thee\r\n\r\nThou art giving and forgiving\r\nEver blessing, ever blest\r\nWell-spring of the joy of living,\r\nOcean depth of happy rest\r\nThou our Father, Christ our brother\r\nAll who live in love are Thine\r\nTeach us how to love each other\r\nLift us to the joy divine\r\n\r\nMortals, join the mighty chorus\r\nWhich the morning stars began\r\nLove Divine is reigning o'er us\r\nbinding all within its span\r\nEver singing, march we onward \r\nVictors in the midst of strife \r\nJoyful music leads us sunward \r\nIn the triumph song of life\r\n<\/span><\/strong><\/pre>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eMY3ivdNzwE?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<pre><i>Henry Van Dyke ~ Ludwig van Beethoven ~ Arranged by Edward Hodges\r\n<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joy: a feeling of great pleasure and happiness;\u00a0&#8220;tears of joy&#8221; During this Christmas season, we are reminded of the reason for a commercial celebration. We get so caught up in buying things, baking things, making things and sending things. \u00a0But that is not what it is all about. 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