"Heart, body, and soul are filled with joy." Those words are taken from Psalm 16:9 in my Life Application Bible. 

This is the fourth time I have used the short verse in a Karen's Korner. Twice in 2012, six months apart. And again this year in June.

They are a few words which I recite to myself, when I forget Who I am and Whose I am. Sometimes things happen in my world I don't like. What about THE world; pretty chaotic at times. The devil would like our thoughts, our relationships, our situations to drive us nuts.

Jesus came to save us for eternity. From our situations. Our circumstances. From ourselves. So He packed JOY into our 'heart, body and soul' when we belong to Him!

The Bible commentary on this verse, "David called on God to value him as much as one would value his eyes, and to let that measure of value, also be a measure of protection. We must not conclude that w have somehow missed God's protection if we experience troubles. God's protection has far greater purposes than avoiding pain; it is to make us better servants for Him. God protects us by seeing us through circumstances, not by helping us escape them."