I Choose Joy

Each life will have it's ups and downs

Each day brings both smiles and frowns

A lesson I learned long ago

Despite the sorrow, I choose joy

At times our hearts will ache and break

And we not know what we can take

Yet through it all the lesson stands

Even in pain, I choose joy

The Bible gives a promise true

A promise that is for me and for you

The lesson for each, at any time

A choice we have, I choose joy

I know my Savior loves me so

He paid a debt that I did owe

His gift has made it plain for all

There is a choice, I choose joy

Through years of life, through bad and good

I've found that my God always would

Do good for me in all I've seen

The choice is clear, I choose joy

Today we have a difficult day

It's even hard to stand and say

Yet by God's grace in even this

We each can say, I choose joy

Eber Kinne

Home with His Savior ~ October 5, 2010

"Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever." Psalm 30:11-12