Choose Joy
I choose joy,
every day,
dear Lord,
I choose Your Joy!
Your Joy overwhelms my sorrow.
It lightens my grief.
And so…..
I will choose joy,
Every day,
Dear Lord,
I choose Your Joy!
In my moments
of greatest happiness,
at the peaks
of every mountain,
I choose joy,
Every day,
Dear Lord,
I choose Your Joy!
In my darkest sorrows,
standing in ashes of earthly things,
I will stand with you, Lord Jesus,
And I will choose Your Joy!
As tears fall amidst the ruins of this life,
I choose joy,
With each birth,
I choose joy,
With each death,
I choose joy,
In good times,
I choose joy,
In bad times,
I choose joy,
I choose joy,
Every day,
Dear Lord Jesus,
I choose Your Joy most high God!
Sandra Hanson, 2009
