{"id":16073,"date":"2025-02-05T10:54:57","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T16:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/?p=16073"},"modified":"2026-01-28T12:34:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T18:34:45","slug":"joy-in-the-battle-the-top-song-that-carries-us-through-suffering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/joy-in-the-battle-the-top-song-that-carries-us-through-suffering\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Joy in the Battle&#8221;: The top song that carries us through suffering"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My favorite song of the year sparks joy despite our suffering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/MAJOR-Moody-Blues-1024x477.jpg\" alt=\"Joy for your suffering\" class=\"wp-image-16496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/MAJOR-Moody-Blues-1024x477.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/MAJOR-Moody-Blues-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/MAJOR-Moody-Blues-768x358.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/MAJOR-Moody-Blues.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It powers your spirit through daily struggles to victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joy is not natural or easy when pain and suffering pile up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But MAJOR shines four bright lights leading our way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MAJOR    Joy In The Battle Official Music Video\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DlX4yyjU5SY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-1-joy-in-forgiveness\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">1.<\/mark> Joy in Forgiveness<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I&#8217;m just a man who&#8217;s lost some things and left with memories<br>I&#8217;m just a man who&#8217;s growing older<br>I&#8217;ve made some friends along the way, I&#8217;ve made some enemies<br>But I pray they&#8217;re all good in their soul<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Praying for your enemies frees you and your foes from hate and anger.<\/strong> <strong>&#8220;But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.&#8221;<\/strong> Matthew 5:44-45<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-2-peace-in-faith\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">2.<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"> <\/mark> Peace in Faith<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><em>I&#8217;ve seen the reasons, and the meanings, and the seasons change<br>I&#8217;ve seen the magic come and go<br>I fell in love with shiny things, I thought would warm me up<br>I felt the heat when it turned cold<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>All over me, you want my peace, but you won&#8217;t get it<br>I hear that devil steady knockin&#8217; at my door<br>I&#8217;m just a man who&#8217;s lost some things and left with memories<br>Still, I believe there&#8217;s so much more<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8216;Cause I&#8217;ve got joy in the battle<br>I&#8217;ve got joy in my victory<br>I keep my eyes to the Heavens<br>So my joy never slips from me<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Has the devil stolen your peace? Last summer, a foster parent approached me after a devotional I gave as camp pastor at <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/how-a-9-year-old-foster-boy-finds-peace-to-overcome-chaos\/\">Skiin&#8217; With The Galilean<\/a> at Lake Athens, TX. With tears streaming down her face, she asked for prayer after losing her 55-year-old husband suddenly and unexpectedly a month earlier. She and her five foster children held hands with me in a circle, and each prayed one at a time. 9-year-old Marcus was the last to pray, quoting this Scripture, &#8220;In me you have peace. In this world, you will have trouble. But, take heart, I have overcome the world. Amen.&#8221; I was speechless. His foster mom, Shirley, says, &#8220;He wants to be a preacher.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-3-rewrite-your-story\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">3.<\/mark> Rewrite Your Story<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>You shouldn&#8217;t let yourself get tangled up in worry<br>&#8216;Cause that kind of living takes its toll<br>You gotta take that pencil back, rewrite your story<br>And write the best one ever told<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>All over me, you want my peace, but you won&#8217;t get it<br>I hear that devil steady knockin&#8217; at my door<br>I&#8217;m just a man who&#8217;s lost some things and left with memories<br>Still, I believe there&#8217;s so much more<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8216;Cause I&#8217;ve got joy in the battle<br>I&#8217;ve got joy in my victory<br>I keep my eyes to the Heavens<br>So my joy never slips from me<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The famous management guru <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/reimagine-your-future-with-this-time-proven-formula\/\">Peter Drucker<\/a> found joy and overcame suffering by rewriting his story to age 95 when he died. In a November 15, 2005 column, USA Today reporter Bruce Rosenstein asked Peter Drucker what technique we can use to rewrite our story. The famous guru said, &#8220;Ask yourself, &#8216;WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE NOW?&#8217; and &#8216;WHAT ARE THE PRIORITIES?&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-4-move-forward\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">4.<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"> <\/mark> Move Forward<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Yeah, I got joy in the battle<br>I got joy on this journey set for me<br>Oh, and when they see me coming<br>They gon&#8217; see I got this joy all over me<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>have you ever seen a man dance with hell quick on his tracks?<br>Ain&#8217;t looking back (yeah, yeah)<br>I&#8217;ve seen a lady scare the devil with the way she moves her feet<br>Now, look at that<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Come on, and sing it with me<br>Have you ever seen a man dance with hell quick on his tracks?<br>Ain&#8217;t looking back, no, no<br>That pretty lady scared the devil with the way she moves her feet<br>Now, look at that<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I feel it all over me<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Perhaps you cannot choose natural strength while suffering.  But you can choose to be<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/dump-holiday-doldrums-with-a-new-song-for-joy\/\"> joyful<\/a>.  And when you do that, strength follows.  This joy doesn&#8217;t depend on circumstances.  It comes from God.  &#8220;The joy of the Lord is your strength.&#8221;  Nehemiah 8:10.  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