Joy

I taught Relief Society today. I taught a lesson on joy and how to get it. I'm a firm believer that whatever we do in life, we need to do it joyfully. But, sometimes that is really hard. We came to the conclusion today that a major part of having joy is having gratitude. About 15 years ago, I read an article that said, "When gratitude fills our hearts, there is no room for unhappiness." I try to live by that motto.

As part of my lesson I used the song, "Come to Jesus" by Kenneth Cope. Here's a link to a beautiful youtube video which uses that song. Listening to this song and/or watching the video brings me great joy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq7IwPj2-kY



After church, Kyle and Whit and family came over for dinner. Now everyone's gone home and the house is quiet. Eric is in his room, Brenna and Coryne are upstairs and Joe and I are the only ones downstairs. It's been a wonderful Sunday full of God and family.