This week I’ve had the opportunity to speak on: our hearts and intentions, community, and God’s mercifulness. Each of these are important steps in pursuing authentic joy.

Having a heart after God’s own heart leads us to share our Creator’s love. Being part of a community gives us a support system when things get hard and gives us an outlet to help others and grow with them along this journey. God’s mercifulness gives us the grace necessary to walk this journey even when we screw it up. Authentic joy is something we build slowly, something developed and crafted over a lifetime.

Join us this week and share how you are pursuing joy in your life.

So here’s my roundup of blog posts since our last linkup:

Book Review

Bible Study

BOOK REVIEWERS NEEDED

If you are a book reviewer I would love for you to consider reviewing my new book Finding Joy: The Year Apart That Made Me A Better Wife. Interested? Just Click Here for more information.

Now for what you’re really here for!

The #JoyHopeLive Linkup

Co-Hosts for #JoyHopeLive

Hope N. Griffin from Finding Joy in Everyday Be sure to follow me on Facebook and Twitter. Look around my blog for book reviews, military life, and more. I will be tweeting out your links over the next week. Be sure to share on your own twitter account and hashtag #JoyHopeLive so I can retweet.

Mary from My Life in Progress. Be sure to follow her on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. Visit her blog as she shares her experiences, thoughts, life & faith with you. She will be visiting your posts and commenting.

Vanessa from Tapestry Chronicles. Be sure to follow her on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest. Visit her blog as she shares her life, projects, and faith with you. She will be pinning your links to our pinterest board.

There are so many ways we can pursue joy in our lives, but it has to come from the heart. Being momentarily happy and possessing an internal authentic joy in the face of difficult circumstances are two very different things. I believe it is the little moments of happiness that help shape and prepare us for the difficult life circumstances we all face. My question is what do you do in your everyday that brings you happiness and fosters a deep found joy in your life?

By linking up, you agree to the following rules:

1. Add a link that captures how you Find Joy in the Everyday. It can be a craft, book review, personal story, etc. Just make sure it captures joy.

2. Tweet or share on Facebook your link with #JoyHopeLive (this makes it simpler for me to give you a retweet and comment). Each week we add the posts to a pinterest board. Go love and share some pins.

3. Comment on the posts you love and the two directly before yours. Be sure to include #JoyHopeLive when you do so they know where you found them.
4. Come back on Friday and vote for your favorites!

5. Grab the button! Share it on your sidebar or in your post so others will join us next week.

JoyHopeLiveLinkUp

By submitting a link to this party, you are giving the co-hosts permission to feature your post on their blogs and/or social media platforms and utilize your post images in order to facilitate this feature.

Now you can also post your link on the pinned post on Hope’s facebook page for ease in sharing one another’s posts and getting more interaction. When you share a link on your social media be sure to add #JoyHopeLive. Sign up for the weekly newsletter so you will receive a reminder of this linkup every Wednesday morning.