Joy to my World

This is my last evening of freedom. 
Well, that is a bit over-dramatic as there will be more weekends and holidays, but my 2 week all-family staycation is rapidly drawing to a close :(

However, I am determined (at leat attempting to be determined) to have a positive outlook tomorrow morning.  Monday morning.  Monday morning after 16 days of vacation.  Getting up and out of pajamas by 8:00...... a.m.

I think one of the things God is laying on my heart recently is JOY.   You know, finding my happiness in HIM and in His blessings.  Joy in living.  I want people to look at me and see the Joy of the Lord - not some dour-faced, doomsday old prune.  I think know God wants the same for me.  He keeps sending me hints.  Christmas was just last week, so of course I expected to hear "Joy to the World" several times, but little darts of Joy keep poking through my conscience from every angle.  A song, a radio sermon, a blog posting.  Today I finally hung up the 2010 calendar.  Guess what the verse for January was?

Nehemiah 8:10 -- The Joy of the Lord is your strength.

Yep.  I guess I might as well submit now to what God is trying to teach me about joy.  My year is marked.
And I am glad.............er, I mean JOYFUL  :)

Here is to a Joyful 2010!

Interactive:
How have you been saying 2010?   
"Twenty-ten"   OR   "two-thousand ten"?   (No one says "Oh-ten", do they?   :)