The Itty Bitty Book of Great Big Joy

The Itty Bitty Book of Great Big Joy is a simple, hope-filled invitation to step away from the noise and take small, meaningful steps toward a more joyful life. Filled with encouragement, practical ideas, and a little humor along the way, it’s a reminder that great big joy often begins with the itty-bittiest of steps.

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How do we find joy in a world filled with negativity and one million “urgent” things vying for our attention? When we are exhausted, anxious, overwhelmed, heartbroken, weary, wounded, and drowning in busyness?

Well, the amazingly simple answer is this: we take a moment to focus, we breathe, and then we take baby steps toward joy.

This is not the end-all, be-all book on joy. It’s a beginning. A really fun journey. A chance for all of us to spend a few minutes each day cultivating something so powerful that it has been known to change entire generations—and yet so personal that it can change the course of a single life.

This book was created to be simple to use. We have enough fighting for our attention every day. So think of this as little refreshing sips from a well.

It is divided into twenty itty-bitty sections, with four categories in each: “Something to Think About,” “Something to Try,” “Something to Believe,” and “Something to Give.” You can do each section all at once or break it down day by day. This is meant to be easy. Do it on your terms.

I have learned that the only way to become who I want to be is by taking baby steps every single day in that direction. This book offers those baby steps.

And I hope you finish it with so much joy overflowing from your heart that you have no choice but to pour it out onto everyone you meet.

Above all, I hope you find your true joy in the Lord Jesus Christ, who loves you beyond measure and wants to fill your heart so full that those around you wonder what you’ve been drinkin’.

(My words, not His.)