The Daily Ricky

The joy of the Lord is my strength, how do you maintain that joy? Laying in ICU, all I could move were my eyes. I could hear all that was being said, I knew I was in bad shape. I also knew, I was going to live! I was in ICU for 2 weeks, how did I tolerate not speaking? I listened to my godly nurse, as she talked about His ability to heal and I quoted scriptures to myself. I had memorized a few in my past. The Word consoled me and brought me peace and when bad thoughts came; I quoted the word. I am no different then you, if you are a Christian you too can overcome adversity and temptations. When Jesus was confronted by Satan, He quoted Old Testament scriptures why? Because the Word is our life and sword. To know his joy, we must know His Word, His word brings us His joy! RL