Happiness or Joy?

In a recent letter from my Dad he closed with the well known phrase 

(well known in my family at least)

"Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy!

Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy!"

This made me smile and think 

" Yeah, yeah. I know.. be happy. Got it Dad."

But I was missing a good 50% of what he was trying to tell me.

Joy

This week I learned the difference between happiness and joy.

I have always been guilty of the thought 

"I will be happy when..." 

and then I would wait for the dot dot dot.

Now I am serving a mission, living my dream and for a moment I had the thought 

"Ok... now what?" 

Silly Sister Borchardt! The "now what" is to find joy.

Happiness is fleeting,

(I realized that when the newness of being a missionary wore off)

but Joy is Full and Lasting.

Joy is the Gospel of Jesus Christ and doing what He would do

  2 Nephi 2:25

"Adam fell that men might be and men are, that they might have joy."

Finding joy is all apart of the plan.

" Joy to the world, the Lord is come;
Let earth receive her King!"

and sing 

and sing 

and sing 

and sing