Joy Source: Beholding Him, Joy Within

by Tim Ward, Laurel Kriegler (Editor)

The answer to joy was right in front of me the whole time.Do you ever wonder if there's some great mystery behind finding lasting joy? Not some fairy tale joy that you see on TV or people you think are somehow better than you. Real joy for YOU. Maybe friends or loved ones have tried to encourage you to cheer up, but you just can't seem to figure out how to make it work, or make it stay. Your life has too many problems. Your soul feels wrung out, stepped on, and without hope of rescue from your depression and anxieties.

Joy Source is the book I wrote after decades of suffering from depression. By God's grace, it was the deep sorrow of my parents' divorce that put me on my face, sobbing for God to show me a way of escape. And He did!

But finding joy wasn't easy. Trusting Jesus as my Savior at the age of twelve was a significant step, but I would spend another twenty years struggling with depression. This book is the journal of that discovery and beyond as I applied principles taught in my counseling certification program through ACBC to counsel others through their darkest moments.

What if the source of true joy has been looking you in the face this whole time, just waiting for you to look back and say, “Okay, show me, Lord”?

222 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 18, 2022