WHERE IS JOY ?

SOMETIMES IN THE LIFE, EVEN THE SIMPLE THINGS BECOME COMPLICATED.

I'M LIVING IN THOSE TIMES EVEN AS I WRITE.

IT IS DURING THESE TIMES THAT IT IS GOOD TO HAVE JUST A LITTLE MORE FUEL IN THE RESERVE TANK.

I DO BELIEVE I GENUINELY LOVE AND TRUST THE LORD, BUT THAT HAS NOT SERVED AS SOME ANTIDOTE FOR EXTREME TRIBULATIONS IN MY LIFE. IF ANYTHING IT APPEARS TO BE A MAGNET FOR DEMONIC ATTACK.

I LOVE HIS WORD ESPECIALLY, AND IT IS HIS WORDS THAT I FIND MY RESERVES FOR MY NEARLY DEPLETED STRENGTH.

DUE TO MY LACK OF FERVER TODAY I WILL SHARE FROM MY PERSONAL WRITINGS, AND PRAY YOU FIND GOD'S VOICE IN MY WORDS.

FOLLOWING IS A PSALM I PENNED IN 2004 DURING WHAT I BELIEVED TO BE MY DARKEST CAVE DAYS. LITTLE DID I KNOW HOW DEEP, COLD, AND LONELY THE CAVE WAS UNTIL MY PAINS AND LOSSES THIS PAST YEAR.

NONETHELESS, PLEASE TAKE A PEEK INTO THE HEART, THOUGHTS, AND WORDS OF A MAN IN THE MIDDLE OF GOD'S BREAKING PROCESS.


HOW COUNTETH THOU JOY ?
A Psalm of Dumpson


HOW COUNTETH THOU JOY?
WHEREIN DOES YOUR HEART LAY?
YOUR EARS APPEAR CLOGGED WITH POLLUTED PERCEPTIONS,
YOUR EYES BLINDED BY SELF-AMBITION.
POISON IN THE MIND KILLS!
AS DOES POISON IN THE BELLY.

INVISIBLE WARFARE SHATTERS PEACE THAT IS SEEN,
AS SPIRITUAL TALONS DRAW REAL BLOOD;
ONCE DISTANTS gODS, ARE NOW NEIGHBORING DEMONS!

WHY DO YOU SCAN THE HORIZON,
FOR ANSWERS AT YOUR FEET?
WHY DO YOU TRUST YOUR MIND,
WITH YOUR HEARTS DECIET?

WHY STRAIN TO HEAR SATAN'S LIES,
WHEN GOD IS SPEAKING ALL ALONG?

GOD'S WORDS ARE LIFE, STRENGTH, AND JOY!

JOY IN THE HEART WILL OPEN YOUR EARS,
THE MORE YOU HEAR FROM GOD,
THE STRONGER YOU ARE,
AND THE BETTER YOU SEE!

HOW DO I COUNT JOY?

BY THE WORDS OF GOD !


LET US REMEMBER THAT WITHOUT THE WORD OF GOD THERE IS NO KNOWLEDGE, AND HIS WORD WARNS THAT WE WILL BE, "DESTROYED FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE."



2DAYS PROPHETIC ADMONITION: LET'S NOT ALLOW OUR JOY TO BE DICTATED BY THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF OUR LIVES, BUT RATHER BY THE IMMUTABLE, INFALLABLE WORDS OF LIFE, WHICH ARE GOD'S WORDS.

WHERE IS JOY?

IN THE WORDS OF GOD !



I PRAY GOD'S PEACE N MERCY B UPON U AND URS !



G-TEP aka K.J. DUMPSON