I was feeling discouraged and alone.
Choose joy …
Ugh! Not again! Those two words sneak up and shake me every time.
Choose joy …
But, but my heart is heavy!
If you choose joy, it will be light …

But, I feel sad!
If you choose joy the sadness will lift like morning fog …
But, this stuff is just not fair!
If you choose joy, fair will be re-defined …
But, my heart … well, it’s broken …
Mourning will last for a night … JOY comes in the morning …
But, I just want to be heard
He is always listening … choose joy …
But, I just do cannot see the future!
It is what we cannot see that is eternal … choose joy …
But, I want to see!
He has plans to give you a future and a hope … choose joy …
But, I just don’t know which way to go!
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go … choose joy …
But, I am just so tired!
He enjoys giving rest to those he loves … choose joy …
Do you know what I am going through?
(silence)
Hello?
(silence)
Did you hear me?
He gave …
What?
He gave for you …
What did He give?
His only son …
Oh …
He knows what you are going through … choose joy.