Psalms 51:12
Restore to me the JOY of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you.
Religion always seems such somber stuff.
It’s easy to slip into a grim, white knuckled faith.
I like “the JOY” of being His…David connects JOY to OBEDIENCE in his prayer… Fascinating stuff!
That’s why Paul and Silas can sing “Victory in Jesus” when they are in prison – they are doing what God wants them to do.
(Ever since I was a kid, that’s the song I imagined they were singing)
I’ll take more JOY, please…
Between the Garden and the Garden City 