Let Your Joy Be Jesus

“What has happened to all your joy? I can testify that, if you could have done so, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.” – Galatians 4:15

Maurice Sendak was an American author and illustrator of children’s books. He became most widely known for his book “Where the Wild Things Are”, first published in 1963. .

Born to Polish-Jewish parents, his childhood was affected by the death of many of his family members during the Holocaust.
When he was 12 years old, he decided to become an illustrator after watching Walt Disney’s film “Fantasia”.

Because of his book “Where the Wild Things Are”, Sendak often received letters from his young fans. A favorite was a “charming” drawing sent on by a little boy’s mother. “I loved it,” Sendak said. “I drew a picture of a Wild Thing on a post card and sent it to him. His mother wrote back: ‘Jim loved your card so much he ate it.’ The little boy didn’t care that it was an original drawing. He saw it, he loved it, he ate it.

That to me was one of the highest compliments I’ve ever received.”

Let Jesus be your joy

Praise the Lord with all of your heart and seek Him in all that you do.

“The opposite of joy is not sorrow. It is unbelief.” – Leslie Weatherhead

“If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.” – John 15:10-11