Philippians 4:4           New English Translation

4 Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I say, rejoice!

A difference

God’s Joy and God’s Will are they different?

If we live His Will do we need to die to joy?

Not to live for enjoyment, but just for obedience

But always rejoicing in what He has done

Rejoice in the bliss that God freely dispenses

And never renounce the suffering He has planned

Then the experience of deeper provided senses

as toward the Cross, we walk hand in hand

Circumcision of the heart as the deeper, it moves

Brings us closer to the cross there to never part

As love always proves as through fire removes

the dross, that restricts purity and then to depart

Jan Wienen