REJOICE!

so lately i've been straying from the bible-x, getting caught up in this world that doesn't matter
i went through this morning before i leave for church and read about 10 chapters i was behind in and wanted to move forward on. when i was reading Phillipians one of my "verses of the summer/lifetime" came up. it's Phillipians 4:4. Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. i feel like i should be singing it or typing it in caps whenever i read or write it down. it's just been my verse because i used to not know the Lord- i thought i believed but i didn't even know how to rejoice in the Lord. i just started thinking on that. do we rejoice in Him by loving Him (as we talked about earlier with our minds souls and bodies)? do we sing His praise and spread His word and His love? feedback? anyways, quoting the ESV Study Bible, The joy that Paul calls for is not a happiness that depends on circumstances, but a deep contentment that is in the Lord, based on trust in the sovereign , living God, and that therefore is available always, even in difficult times.
So, even if it's not just random happiness because of the love of God, i think we can just rejoice in Him because we KNOW that He's there loving us no matter what we do. so, i love all y'all so much and let me just proclaim REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAYS; AGAINST I WILL SAY, REJOICE.