“The joy of the Lord is your strength.” Nehemiah 8:10 ESV
I don’t often think of a joyful person as a strong person necessarily. Sometimes our world attached stoicism, lack of emotion, hardness of heart, bitterness, aloofness, etc to a strength of some sort. Wow, how I’ve missed it at times. It’s in the joy in God and all that it entails that really makes us strong. I have to keep that in mind daily….that if I’m not feeling the joy, I’m not tapping into a strength!
So true! Love your blogs by the way. Very encouraging. I am not in the military or following someone on the military, but through you I can now empathize with you and others and I pray the Lord’s abundant joy and strength be with you! 😀
Thank you so much for your support and kind words. I appreciate it very much.