j-o-y for years and years I denied myself and picked up my cross loved god loved Jesus loved my husband my kids my church my neighbors and if there was anything left, I’d love me too bad there was never anything left * Did anybody else sing that song in church as a kid to the tune of Jingle Bells? J-O-Y, J-O-Y tell you what it means Jesus first and yourself last and others in between Pretty sure the Bible says love your neighbor as you love yourself, but whatever.
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I don’t remember this song. “Just Orgasm Yourself” springs to mind as a much better substitute, so there you go. 😂
I remember that JOY quote on a bulletin board at church back in my 1970’s childhood. It caused cognitive dissonance for me even then .... wasn’t putting yourself last the opposite of the golden rule to love your neighbor as yourself? Go figure!
Many many years later i heard another interpretation of the joy acronym....
Jesus
Over
You.
A definite improvement!
Yet, in my current season of deconstruction, that version no longer rings true for me as it once did.
I am learning to be OK with fewer answers, and more questions.