Joy is a beautiful thing indeed.

To behold, to have, to give.

Transcending the beauty of skin and face.

Transcending situation and circumstance.

Transcending even Happiness.

For you can be unhappy with your situation,

about your situation,

yet have pure effervescent JOY.

The JOY of the Lord.

Therein lies our strength.

To radiate JOY

To churn it up wherever we find ourselves.

To bear it as a gift in every situation

To bathe it and be engulfed in it.

No shackles nor chains can withstand JOY.

Totally discombobulates darkness.

May we always,

Bear JOY, even in the thick of whatever.

Knowing,

Weeping may endure for a night.

But the dawning does arrive.

Bearing sure Hope

For better things to come....

Ndidi Olamide Adekunle