Seasons of Joy

As I began reading through JOY FOR ALL SEASONS by Carol McLeod, I quickly began to wonder if there was anything in this amazing devotional that I wouldn't underline and/or highlight?! It was as if McLeod had been living MY life, reading my mind, and feeling every single thing I was feeling!!! What that proves to me is that the Holy Spirit is in this fantastic devotional. 

I am truly honored to have been given the wonderful opportunity to read through JOY FOR ALL SEASONS prior to its release date. I do not take that honor lightly. I want you to know that I am saying it's a super-great devotional because I'm receiving anything special from Carol McLeod or her ministry, Just Joy; I'm saying that JOY FOR ALL SEASONS is a must-read because I mean it. 

Once I receive my official book copy at the beginning of September, I have every intention of taking the time to read this awesome devotional as it was meant to be read and absorbed, one week at a time. 

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JOY

"God, your God, has anointed you, pouring out the oil of joy on you more than anyone else."  Psalm 45:7 & Hebrews 1:9

I just wrote a whole response to Carol McLeod's DEFIANT JOY and lost it!  I'm just going to go on....oh well.

I am attempting to do a thorough study on JOY, so I am reading everything I can get my hands on about JOY.  One thing that I am finding disappointing is that of every book I've read about JOY so far, not one single book (so far) uses strictly JOY verses.  There are something like 200 (I don't know the exact count at this moment in time) verses in the Bible that use the word JOY.  I am surprised that the books I've been reading about JOY don't make more use of those verses.  The authors reference a handful of verses with JOY, but then use a large number of various other verses in their discussion of JOY.

Needless to say, don't be surprised if you one day learn that I have written a book that uses as many of the verses on JOY as possible!!!!