It's not really about finding joy, is it? It's about being joyful no matter what. It means celebrating all the little things that go right, and looking for and giving praise for the little bits of light in the clouds of darkness.
No matter how difficult my circumstances, I can always "find" joy. It's my decision to look for the things that God is doing - to look at the blessings, at the lessons being learned, at the people brought into my life, at the wisdom gained. Sometimes it's not easy to be joyful, but it is always possible for us who claim God as our Father.
Changing my focus can even seem to turn my circumstances around. He truly can turn our mourning into dancing by simply changing our perspective.
Right now there are many things I could focus on that would bring me sadness, discontent, and anger. But I am choosing to dwell on the good things: the fun time my children had this morning choosing pumpkins, the way my husband has rearranged our basement to make a lovely family room, the haircut I gave my son tonight that actually looks good, the fact that I can't remember the last time any of us were sick, the price of gas having gone down, my little preemie nephew doing so well, and of course SO GREAT SALVATION! There are more good things I could list, but the idea is obvious. There are always good things. God always gives us plenty to be thankful for, and I am thankful!
THANK YOU, LORD!
2 comments:
How true....I never have to look for joy, but Satan tries to steal mine and it hurts......God then comes in and holds me up. I have never felt so overwhelmed in my life,....like sometimes I can't even think of what I am doing!! Who I told what to, where I should be....like an illness. But I have a faithful Lord and Savior who will not let me flounder in it. And we both know He has always been there. Terry hasn't been........with the job thing, he isn't being Dad or husband and I am trying to do it alone.....I forget to go to God because I am so used to going to this phsical person to fix sometihgn or pick up a kid etc to help me. I am slacking, thank you for this reminder. Now can you pray that this fat hanging on my body would go away?? Can I ask for that? Because i really think it is depressing me.
i love you, I love that I can say anything and you already know I am a nut!! lol
HUGS!!
T
It's so easy to focus on the negative things in our life isn't it?
Thank you for the reminder!
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