Drops of Joy – A Devotional Journey of Healing — Update 14
Do you have a nagging habit that dogs you, but you just can’t correct it? I do. I struggle with being late to appointments and events. There seems to always be one more thing I need to complete before going out the door. I wrote a poem about my tardiness. It starts like this.
“I’m late for today.
I tried to get up
And be on my way,
But I didn’t quite make it
In time to show up.”
From the book:
“It’s a matter of changing my behavior. I know I have the capability of being punctual. It’s a stubborn thing in me that keeps me thinking it will be okay if I’m late, and I can be late if I want to. No, that’s backwards thinking. If I want to change my behavior, I have to change my attitude. I can’t change my attitude if I don’t change my perspective. My perspective changes only when I acknowledge, and more importantly, internalize or take to heart the righteousness, greatness, holiness, and forgiveness of my loving God, who never changes in His perfection. If becoming more like Christ is my goal, being prompt is part of being righteous and loving others.” (Taylor, Joy S., Drops of Joy – A Devotional Journey of Healing, 2026, Lily of the Valley Publishing Services, Indiana, p. 33)
Come and join me on this journey of God’s healing. May a piece of my past lead you to a better future through God’s intervention. Read. Pray. Heal.
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Joy S Taylor is a follower of Christ, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. Her workdays were spent using the Master of Science in Accounting degree that God graciously allowed at the age of, well, greater than 40. She led a divorce recovery support group sponsored by her church for seven years, and spent more than a decade in leadership roles for Celebrate Recovery and Care Net, using what God had done in her life to point others to the healing only Jesus gives. Now retired, she concentrates on writing for Jesus from her beloved hickory grove in Indiana, yet devotes some of her time to volunteering.