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MP3: I Choose Joy

I Choose Joy - Song History

WORDS & MUSIC

Dennis Jernigan

April 12, 2019

 

This song came, as many do these days, from the midst of my own trials. With a diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease and damage to my vocal cords, it is difficult to keep from focusing on myself. Reality is that self-focus leads to keeping things that need to be confessed bottled up inside. If all I ever do is take in thoughts like ‘poor me’ or ‘why me?’, such thoughts become like an infection that never gets healed…it only festers and grows and eventually leads to death in one’s soul. To focus solely on the negative is to become like the Dead Sea. That is like only taking in the debris of stinking thinking. This song is my attempt at focusing on what is good and right and true and pure - in spite of my circumstances. This song is my confession of truth to my own soul. It helps my soul tremendously to sing these words to my own mind. My prayer is that it would do the same for you.

Dennis Jernigan 

 

Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things. Philippians 4:8 NASB

 

 

Verse

I choose joy in spite of my pain 

I choose to not see what I've lost 

I choose to see how much I've gained 

 

I choose joy like a child running 'round 

Just enjoying the rain

I choose joy in spite of my pain 

 

Chorus

I'm choosing beauty from ashes

Releasing my cares

I trade self pity for gladness

Trade hope for despair

 

I'm choosing beauty from ashes

Choose joy through my tears

I'm trading sorrow for laughter

Choose love over fear

 

I'm trading sorrow for laughter

 

Choose love over fear


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