Practicing Gratitude and Awakening Joy

Our hearts long for joy, and we seek it out in the most peculiar places.  As workers for God’s kingdom living in distant lands, the distractions are just as prevalent as anywhere else.  Inwardly we are preoccupied through busyness, mindlessness, addiction and a preoccupation with television, sports, movies, shallow reading, Facebook, ministry, itself, and more. …