Yesterday at a Bible study, Sandy Stephenson shared something tucked in a corner of her Bible; she had read it earlier that morning.

It's a good one, authored by Mother Teresa of Calcutta and based on 2 Corinthians 9:6 - 15:

JOY

"Joy is prayer. Joy is strength. Joy is love. Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. God loves a cheerful giver. One gives most who gives with joy. The best way to show our gratitude to God and people is to accept everything with joy. A joyful heart is the normal result of a heart burning with love. Never let anything so fill you with sorrow as to make you forget the joy of Christ risen.

"This I tell my sisters. This I tell you."

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