Psalm 4

"Yahweh, you have given more joy to my heart
than others ever knew, for all their corn and wine.
In peace I lie down, and fall asleep at once,
since you alone, Yahweh, make me rest secure."
Psalm 4:4-7

Joy comes for me not in the things I can hold on to but in the people around me. I receive joy from the experiences of wonder that I seem to have walked into the midst of over the past months. I experience joy in the presence of the Lord as we have walked quietly through life together.
These days I think I am closer and closer to the joy of the Lord being my strength. It is a feeling of peace that is based upon the trust that God is with me in all things. Whether or not I have the 'things' that this world says are important just doesn't matter right now.
(I would like for this to continue as long as possible.)