Real Joy....

I want real JOY,....not temporary JOY! Beth is back, another 6 weeks of Beth Moore, this last chapter was amazing. I'd like to quote straight from her bible study where she quotes Eugene Peterson....one of the brilliant minds who helped bring together The Message.....

"We try to get [joy] through entertainment. We pay someone to make jokes, tell stories, perform dramatic actions, sing songs. We buy the vitality of another's imagination to divert and enliven our own poor lives. The ENORMOUS entertainment industry in America is a sign of the depletion of joy in our culture. Here comes the best part.....Society is a bored, gluttonous king employing a court jester to divert it after an overindulgent meal. Man that's so true.....But that kind of joy never penetrates our lives, never changes our basic constitution. The effects are extremely temporary---a few minutes, a few hours, a few days at most. When we run out of MONEY, the joy trickels away."

Wow....I'm not going to say a word after that, just read it over and over and over and let it sink in.