It seems like I sing the happy song about 20 times a day with Cora. That's her most requested song. And typically I just sing it with her to satisfy her and then move on to another song, but today it got me thinking. Isn't it funny how a little chorus that you've sung for most of your life can get you to think?
I feel like as an adult, for some reason I don't look at life and the things that make me happy as much as I should. It seems like so many times we have have been tainted by the world and we somehow only see the bad. Why do we do this?
What about Cora? She's now a big 19 month old! Why on earth does she want to sing happy all the time? Well...because she is almost always happy! She has a mommy and daddy who love her. Her grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins who love her. And she knows all this. Her basic needs are met. She has a bed, house, tons of clothes and toys and lots of food. She gets to do lots of fun things like play, read, and dance with mommy and daddy. But most importantly, she's learning at this early age what it means to love Jesus. Maybe she doesn't really think about those things, but she is almost always happy.
Don't I basically have those same things? I have a husband who is an awesome provider and daddy. I have a little girl who is the sweetest. I have great parents who have always been there for me. And I have a supportive family and friends. I love my church. I love the youth group. I love selling 31. Our needs are beyond being met and I get to stay at home with my baby girl. And most importantly, I love Jesus and I know that He loves me.
So why do I dwell so much on the bad? If I would just take more time to focus on the things that make me happy, then I would quickly forget the "bad" things! The first verse says I've got the joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart. Why do I not express this joy? Is it being suppressed? And the second verse says and if the devil doesn't like it, he can sit on a tac. Why are we dwelling on the bad things? Well because that's what the devil wants. He doesn't want us to focus on that joy from God. He wants us to dwell on the crazy, stressed out life that we live and focus our attention on the bad. We so quickly fall into the trap of losing our joy.
So my goal for 2013 is to try to focus on the joy given from God and make the devil want to sit on a tac!
I've got the joy, joy, joy, joy
Down in my heart, (Where?)
Down in my heart, (Where?)
Down in my heart,
I've got the joy, joy, joy, joy
Down in my heart
Down in my heart to stay
And I'm so happy,
So very happy,
I've got the love of Jesus in my
H-E-A-R-T
And I'm so happy,
So very happy,
I've got the love of Jesus in my heart
And if the devil doesn't like it
he can sit on a tac (ouch)
sit on a tac (ouch)
sit on a tac
and if the devil doesn't like it
he can sit on a tac
sit on a tac all day
And I'm so happy,
So very happy,
I've got the love of Jesus in my
H-E-A-R-T
And I'm so happy,
So very happy,
I've got the love of Jesus in my heart
