We arrive at a new category known as Repentant Joy. It is a joy King David craved in the aftermath of his long journey of compounding sinful choices. Psalm 51 portrays his desire to return to a Joyful Journey with His God. Don’t you crave to “hear” the voice of joy from God rather than condemnation? Most of us know the difference in voice tone between joy and disappointment don’t we?!

Joyful Journey talks about a new normal that results from the daily practice of joy building: Here is the second step:

From the Joyful Journey book:
Creating a new normal, Step 2.
The second step toward a new normal is learning to sustain the feeling of appreciation until I can feel appreciation for five straight minutes. To do this, I use the interactive gratitude exercise to collect a series of appreciation experiences and memories by giving them names like island sunrise, morning coffee, Fido at lake, Julie's birthday. Now I can keep my appreciation going longer by remembering one appreciation experience after another. When I can do this for 5 minutes, my brain realizes that I can feel this as long as I like.
~ page 64, Joyful Journey, Wilder, Kang, Loppnow, Loppnow

Session A: Revisit joy memories from your Golden Moments. Look for God’s presence in them. Invite Him to share thoughts about the joy you’re recalling. Notice body sensations, attitudes, heart rate, etc. Consider recording His thoughts

This is a follow-up to the morning session of repentant joy: We find David continuing his conversation with God in prayer:

From the Joyful Journey book:
Many of us have been rightfully taught that prayer is conversation with God. Interactive gratitude is a form of prayer, thus it is also a conversation with God. This sounds simple. Why then do many of us only engage in a monologue with God and not a true conversation? We tell Him our thoughts but we don't listen for His response and miss the blessed opportunity for intimacy with Him. Intimacy with God is why it is so important for us to learn to listen for God's response.
~ page 18, Joyful Journey, Wilder, Kang, Loppnow, Loppnow

Even after we have fallen, we do not need to be dismayed, for God welcomes us as His own children, beloved in Jesus. Try to hear God speaking these words below:

From the Joyful Journey book:
Based upon the positive effect of gratitude in fostering connections in relationships we develop a skill called "interactive gratitude." There are two parts in interactive gratitude. First, we give thanks to God; second, we slow down to perceive how God responds to our gratitude. We will learn interactive gratitude by journaling. This interactive writing time allows us to build and strengthen iSight. It is important to understand that the interaction between God and us is the defining difference between interactive gratitude and what we commonly consider as appreciation or giving thanks.
~ page 17, Joyful Journey, Wilder, Kang, Loppnow, Loppnow