A few years ago I read a quote that said joy is knowing that God is in control of our lives. I liked it, but I wanted more—I needed to put more words around it to give the complete picture. So here’s what I’ve come up with from studying Scripture: Joy is the settled assurance that God is in control of all the details of my life, the quiet confidence that ultimately everything is going to be all right, and the determined choice to praise God in all things. There’s nothing in that definition about