{Songs to Sing}: Joy

*I have to first write about how much I have been blessed by the music made by Page CXVI. I think I found out about Page CXVI through Justin Taylor just as they were allowing free downloads of 5/7ths of their EP. I traveled to their website, downloaded the five tracks and began listening to them over and over and over again. To this day, I do not know who the people are behind the music but I am so very grateful for them. Christ is using them to breathe new life into some classic hymns and as a result, my soul is restored time after time when I listen to any of their songs. My favorite is Joy (below) but Solid Rock or Nothing But The Blood are very beautiful as well. There is no other artist or EP I would recommend today beside Page CXVI's. Go to their website and order the full song list. Read about where the name "Page CXVI" came from (it's fantastic!). Follow them on Twitter. Trust me, you won't be sorry.

**This is NOT your typical "I've got the joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart" that you sang at VBS or Sunday School. Buy it pronto and listen for yourself.

Joy by Page CXVI
Written by George Willis Cooke
I've got the joy, joy, joy, joy
Down in my heart
Down in my heart
I've got the joy, joy, joy, joy
Down in my heart
Down in my heart

And I'm so happy
So happy
So very happy
And I'm so happy
So happy
So very happy

I've got the joy, joy, joy, joy
Down in my heart
Down in my heart
I've got the joy, joy, joy, joy
Down in my heart
Down in my heart

And I'm so happy
So happy
So very happy
And I'm so happy
So happy
So very happy

And I can't understand
And I can't pretend
That this will be all right in the end
So I'll try my best
And lift up my chest
To sing about this
JOY
JOY
JOY

When peace like a river attendeth my way
When sorrows like sea billows roll
Whatever my lot, thou has taught me to say
It is well, it is well with my soul

***Update: The peeps at Page CXVI are incredibly generous. The 5-track giveaway that I mentioned above is still active on their website. Go here, enter your information and download the same tracks that I have, including Joy. Be blessed! Thanks Page CXVI!!