It's about JOY!

I used to be in a biker gang. Yep. Only with less leather and more spandex. Less jackets with skulls and more jerseys with handy back pockets. And chains! Oh, not THOSE kinda chains.

Okay, it was more of a group of women cyclists. But biker gang sounds better.

Those were good times. We’d train as soon as the weather was warm enough, and one of the best parts of riding was the scenery we’d see along the way. It never got old! Every time we saw something cool we’d shout “NATURE!” bringing it to everyone’s attention in a split second, and together we’d marvel at animals like we were in a National Geographic magazine.

It’s fun to share things that make you happy.

My daughter got phase 1 braces and a palate expander at age 7 last year for a BAD cross bite. It’s a lot of metal for a little girl! She had the HARDEST time adjusting! While she eventually learned how to eat again, it hasn’t been too fun. Well, we just found out she gets her braces off TOMORROW! You know what she did? She ran around and told EVERYONE she could find.

Experiencing joy is nice on your own, but sharing it with others is better.

Graduations, jobs, babies, the Avengers movies... we love sharing with others. Sometimes you just can’t hold it in.

Samuel the Lamanite also had some good news.

“An angel of the Lord hath declared it unto me, and he did bring glad tidings to my soul. And behold, I was sent unto you to declare it unto you also, that ye might have glad tidings” Hel. 13:7

Like, I have glad tidings in my SOUL about Jesus Christ! I want to tell you guys so YOU can have them too!

Of course, we know how that turned out. The Nephites weren’t as glad as he’d hoped...

But isn’t JOY what sharing the gospel is all about? Something SO good and SO wonderful that we have to tell others about it. Hopefully no one shoots arrows at us though.

"Let us glory, yea, we will glory in the Lord; yea, we will rejoice for our joy is full; yea, we will praise our God forever. Behold, who can glory too much in the Lord? Yea, who can say too much of his great power, and of his mercy, and of his long-suffering towards the children of men? Behold...I cannot say the smallest part which I feel.” Alma 26:16