“Uplifted” featuring the Mustard Seed Soul Band from the album “His Story” recorded and produced by Ross Gill

Before the death of Queen Elizabeth II I had been sharing thoughts on joy and happiness quoting extracts from “The Word for Today.”

In Mustard Seeds’ “work in progress,” “Theophilus- The Musical” there is the following interaction between Theophilus and Luke in which joy and happiness are an important element.

Theophilus: spoken
But that is one of the things I struggle with – how can a God of love allow all the sickness and suffering that is in the world?
Luke: recitative
My dear friend there is so much we will never understand,
My dear friend there is so much that’s beyond man,
For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So, God’s ways are higher than our own,
God is so much bigger than we all are,
We should accept this and trust Him in all things,
And I do promise you God is always good even when life is so often bad,
And remember the joy that Jesus brings is not the same as happiness,
For happiness depends on life’s circumstances which can change just like the wind,
But joy is far deeper and comes when its God on whom we depend.

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