A Happy Shout

 

As I was reading my Bible this morning about David, I found three verses that touched my heart and they are: 1 Chronicles 17:16, 20, 24. The humbleness and joy in those verses touched the joy that resides in my heart.  Then I thought about Joseph and how he kept his joy because he knew GOD had a plan for his life. And I too,  keep my joy because I know WHO my FATHER is, where HE has brought me from, and that HE has a plan for my life.

 

Oh my soul gives a happy shout

When I think about

The goodness of GOD

And HIS being mindful of me

My soul magnifies HIM to the point of overflow

And words of praise run down my lips

And from my fingers so

Much so that joy leaps all around me

Makes me want to skip high

And sparkles from my eyes.

 

Men sometimes want to take me to task

Because of my view

But oh, what they don’t understand

Is that when you have been

Sheltered, brought, and taught

By GOD’s powerful hand

The joy within you is so overwhelming that

You have to tell it because it will

Not let you stand silent because you

Are of that group that includes

David and Joseph, to name two.

 

The joy that you have just cannot

Be contained inside of you

And you lift your eyes toward heaven

With amazed and wondrous praise

And thank God almighty for

The voice in you raised.

 

So sometimes you just half to let it out

And when you do it comes forth

In a jubilant shout

"GOD is the GOD of gods, WHOSE

Lovingkindness is legendary

Of that fact, there is no doubt."

And Y'all will forgive me as I proclaim

That HE is my GOD and of serving HIM

I have no shame

For HE saved me and continues to do so

Under the stamp of HIS name

For HE adopted me a long time ago!©

(1 Chronicles 17:16, 20, 24
Psalm 126:2)

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Be safe.

 

Walking by faith,

Alma L. Stepping On Carr-Jones