THE PERMANENT JOY
Thoughts are sparkling in my mind to tell me that
life to come is not apart from present life.
Live inside with Jesus' love and those great saints;
you will be in life to come just from this half.

Pray to Jesus in your heart and live with Him,
making Him your closest friend all your day long.
You will find yourself in heaven not on earth
and you gain the high morale that makes you strong.

Joy is not what flesh can give for shortest time,
but it comes from gleams of thoughts that takes you up,
where you live the joy of life that will remain,
filling your rejoicing heart with constant hope.

Nothing but the greatest love the heart desires.
It's the goal that satisfies the searching soul.
Only when we feel the Shepherd is quite near,
then we feel the secure life come from His call.
BY JOSEPH ZENIEH
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