Learning As I Go: Advent joy

Christy Bass Adams Guest Columnist It’s everywhere this time of year. Joy. We hear it in songs and see it on wall hangings. We talk about the joy of the Christmas season and the joy that Jesus brings. But what exactly is this joy and where do we get it from? In verse 10 of chapter eight in Nehemiah, the last phrase tells us: “Do not grieve, because the joy of the Lord is your strength.” Based on the original Hebrew, this phrase quite literally means, may the joy or gladness from Jehov