I enjoyed that lesson on Joy. It's really refreshing to hear how God has taken you and Pastor Brandon through times where you truly had to trust in Him for everything- it makes your faith authentic and REAL. So thank you Di for sharing thoses stories, you have a great gift for writing- maybe a book is in your future? I don't have a lot of time to share today because I want to get out and ride my bike before work but I do want to share what happened this morning when I got up. It was sort of strange- I jumped up and opened my mouth and out came simple praises like- Thank you God for my life, thank you God for my health, thank you God for my wonderful husband, and on and on.......such simple prayers of thanks to God- out loud, it started my day off with such JOY! I reccommend it- but the beauty of it was that it was so unplanned or thought about. I really think this lesson is doing a work- it's like the Holy Spirit just welled up in me and out came these praises to God. WOW!