tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52919603995463139262011-08-02T20:00:59.596-07:00Whether you are recovering from an addiction, trauma, abuse or are simply stressed and need more joy, remember the Joy of the Lord. "He is our strength." "Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass -- it's about learning how to dance in the rain." (Source unknown)Cinderellanoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5291960399546313926.post-11480545556507417952011-05-04T09:04:00.000-07:002011-05-04T09:13:33.361-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U42BXPHYWgE/TcF5cF0BqgI/AAAAAAAAAgw/oj5dVyBa-Ik/s1600/The%2Bocean%2Bat%2BHammock%2Bby%2BChad%2BO%2527Hara.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U42BXPHYWgE/TcF5cF0BqgI/AAAAAAAAAgw/oj5dVyBa-Ik/s200/The%2Bocean%2Bat%2BHammock%2Bby%2BChad%2BO%2527Hara.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602892934929295874" /></a><br />Psalm 63 (Amplified Bible)<blockquote>A Psalm of David; when he was in the Wilderness of Judah.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> 1O GOD, You are my God, earnestly will I seek You; my inner self thirsts for You, my flesh longs and is faint for You, in a dry and weary land where no water is.<br /> 2So I have looked upon You in the sanctuary to see Your power and Your glory.<br /><br /> 3Because Your loving-kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise You.<br /><br /> 4So will I bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name.<br /><br /> 5My whole being shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips<br /><br /> 6When I remember You upon my bed and meditate on You in the night watches.<br /><br /> 7For You have been my help, and in the shadow of Your wings will I rejoice.<br /><br /> 8My whole being follows hard after You and clings closely to You; Your right hand upholds me.<br /><br /> 9But those who seek and demand my life to ruin and destroy it shall [themselves be destroyed and] go into the lower parts of the earth [into the underworld of the dead].<br /><br /> 10They shall be given over to the power of the sword; they shall be a prey for foxes and jackals.<br /><br /> 11But the king shall rejoice in God; everyone who swears by Him [that is, who binds himself by God's authority, acknowledging His supremacy, and devoting himself to His glory and service alone; every such one] shall glory, for the mouths of those who speak lies shall be stopped.</blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5291960399546313926-1148054555650741795?l=joyrecoverygroups.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cinderellanoreply@blogger.com0