I Will Not Be Robbed

      In life all of us struggle with heartaches and pain.  We wonder "Why" this is happening and usually get no answers.  However, there is a difference between being happy and having joy.  My joy comes from my Christ and His Spirit living within, and I will fight with all my might to retain that joy by not allowing worldly circumstances to rob me.  Satan comes to rob and steal but he cannot have my joy. 

I Will Not Be Robbed

 Though unhappy I be,

My joy remains in me.

I will not be robbed!

For, happiness will return in time;

Joy is mine,

Not that of Satan who roams to steal and take.

And though I struggle with heartache,

I choose the joy God can make.

I choose to pursuit Christ, my Savior

Over life’s flavor;

Never taking my eyes off my Lord;

The love and power of His sword.

Though, from loss, I grieve,

My joy is what I want others to perceive.

I will not be robbed!

There is power to overcome;

For God holds my hand so I do not succumb.

Though unhappy I be,

My joy remains in me.

I will not be robbed!

In my struggles God walks by my side

As I journey, in joy, through this earthly ride.

I will not be robbed!

Although I often cry

And ask, “Why?”

I know I never walk alone.

No matter my troubles,

My joy is not gone.

 Mary Crisp Jameson  2/14/2021

 

“And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.”  Romans 5:5 KJV