8.5 x 11

JOY

”One day you will realize joy is not a full bank account. It is not endless freedom or getting everything you want. Joy is a full table. It is the text that comes at the right time. Joy is the sun rising and setting, and you’re awake and alive to see both. It is hearing you are loved and forgiven. Joy is receiving the body and blood of Christ. Joy is needing a vacation from your vacation. Joy is letting go and beginning again with grace. Joy is all the little things that aren’t really the little things. It is watching the sky do its thing: lightning, shooting stars, rain clouds, and fireworks. It is smiling at a stranger and the stranger smiling at you, and for a moment you forget about all the things you’ve been trying to forget. Joy is a poem that puts into words what you are feeling. Joy is opening your empty hands and knowing you have all you need. Joy has been set before you. Pull up a seat and enjoy.”

Printed on quality card stock

Art by Canaan Pine