Saturday, July 18, 2009

Joy...as a verb

I regularly read a blog called "Britt-Arnhild's House in the Woods." While it's not specifically about spirituality, almost everything that Britt-Arnhild blogs about takes on a spiritual context. It's a beautiful, peaceful, soul-soothing blog, and I recommend it highly. And if you're multi-lingual, you can even read it in Norwegian! In a recent post, Britt-Arnhild speaks about joy and that in Norwegian, joy can be a verb. For example, you might say "I joyed today" which roughly translates to "I look forward to today with great happiness." How cool is that? What would life look like if we could joy a little every day? Would others see us joying and follow suit? Instead of spreading negativity, we could joy positivity, making it an infectious double positive feeling, perhaps canceling all the bad stuff out there. We could look forward to/joy everything. My favorite prophet, Isaiah, talks about joy in chapter 35 saying "...the wilderness and the dry land shall....rejoice with joy and singing" and "...they shall obtain joy and gladness." Do you think Isaiah would approve of joying for God...looking forward with great happiness to God's kingdom?

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