"The Joy In Living Right"

The reason that we will have Joy in living right, is because we will not be ashamed; it really is hard to experience joy within your heart, when you are all covered in shame. But this is the reason that Jesus wants us to live rightly, so that we are free from the shame we might otherwise feel, and that causes us to not be honest with ourselves and with Him. It really is all about relationship; our relationship with our Lord, and our relationship with our brothers and sisters. We must live our lives in such a way that we care for those relationships; that we care for them so much, we are willing to forsake the things which we may want, in order to further our relationships with one another. It is doing this that will bring us Joy within our selves; which is added to the Joy the Lord has given unto us. It's like this: His Joy is given by our knowledge of who He is, and what He has done for us; our Joy is produced by our response to Him, and our desire to live rightly. We might not think that giving up what we want will bring us joy, but it will; anytime we give of ourselves, we will experience more joy; Why is that? Because we are actually experiencing His Love as we do it, which in turn brings more joy. Again, it all goes back to the Living Waters; for the water to be living, it must flow: so for us to experience the Joy, Peace, Love and Grace of the Lord, they must flow through us: From Him, into us, and unto others. It's not rocket science, but it is out of this world! "Let brotherly love continue. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body. Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me." (Hebrews 13:1-6)