JOY: The Quiet Confidence

Is it? I'm learning to choose joy (and failing often!), and came across this phrase today. It has been playing in my head all morning. Am I quietly confident? I'm not quiet. In fact, often, I reflect and feel I was louder in voice or message than necessary. I'm sometimes confident, but not all the time. How do I find this quiet confidence?

The day before Jeff left for India, I was taking a shower (in case I didn't have time to get one for 10 days...lol), and this verse song popped in my head:

"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path."

So, though I may not know in my own strength how to find this quiet confidence, I am sure (confident, even), that God was stirring in me answers to a question I had not yet asked. 

Add to all of this that I've been eying a devotional called "The Confident Women," and I sense that I need to be in the word more. I am committing to 15 minutes each day for the next 7 days. (I made up this commitment as I was typing, to keep me focused on my goal of spending time in the word daily)

I hope to find a quiet confidence.