Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Joy

In the Lutheran Church, the four weeks preceding Christmas follow the themes of hope, peace (or faith in some versions), joy and love. Thus far, I have seen commments on the blog regarding what makes us hopeful. But what makes us joyful? I want to share a moment of my joy with you.

People send me a lot of emails with the letters FWD in the subjection line (no, I didn't misspell that). I rarely open these because I don't want to be subjected to the contents. Mostly, this is a good rule, if somewhat draconian. Occasionally, the rule misfires and I miss out on something good. That nearly happened to me today.

Today I received an FWD that I would normally have left unopened, but for no particular reason (as Forrest Gump would say), I opened this FWD and was pleasantly surprised. An old friend had forwarded me the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us-TVg40ExM. I clicked it and I encourage you to do the same.

What makes me joyful? MUSIC!

What makes YOU JOYFUL? How about some comments!

2 comments:

Jax Music Supply said...

What makes me joyful? The love of my wife, family, and friends. The hugs from Jacob. Like Charlie, I too have a love for music.

Erica Orloff said...

Demon Baby giggles make me joyful.

Church. Music. Beethoven's 9th makes my heart soar.

Christmas lights.

Hearing Alexa play violin in my house, upstairs--she comes home tomorrow!