“I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.”  John 15:11

Praise be to you, Lord Jesus, that you are

the Light of the world,

the Illumination of my life,

the Lamp of my soul a

nd the Sonshine of each day.

With you there is warmth, wonder and sparkle

in a dark and dismal world.

You are the bringer of joy

in the midst of a reality

that can be hard, cold, severe and painful.

“The LORD has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy” (Ps. 126:3).

Because of these great things you have done we can at all times be “…joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light” (Col. 1:12)

And you, Lord God, have given us

a privileged position

in your forever family,

against all logic,

against all justice,

against all the evidence.

For we definitely deserved

condemnation,

punishment,

rejection,

banishment,

suffering,

pain and death.

But In place of this Your love is

sure and steady,

powerful and providing,

penetrating and positive.

Therefore we can, joyfully give :"thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light.

For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.” Col 1:12-14

Picture: in the Kingdom of Light