Embracing the Joy

“These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.

(John 15:11, New King James Version)

Summer is almost over  many of us we are spending time preparing for a new school year and enjoying those last “lazy, hazy days of summer”  with family. I was doing those very things and in the midst of it all, some things came to mind. I begin to realize  just  how easy it is to let something or someone to steal my joy?

It is funny how quickly I can move from expressing joy in my family, my work and what I’m doing, and then, in an instant, find myself dwelling on the things that steal every ounce of  joy and attention from my spirit.

Everything is so temporary.

The fact is that life changes in an instant and the more we dwell on what we cannot control the more our joy is stolen.

I can’t change the past. I can’t change people and I certainly can’t change the circumstances, but I have an opportunity to change myself and my perspective. I can alter how I see and approach things.

It’s not an overnight cure, but when I start taking those small steps to choose to embrace the blessings and the joy our Father gives us and not focus on the small imperfections, it’s amazing how  my life  moves in extraordinary ways.

“These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.

(John 15:11, New King James Version)

So instead of pouring out the glass and focusing on the imperfections, I remind myself that I need to begin a daily chorus of “rejoicing!”

Indeed, life has its storms, it’s bad days, mishaps and misaligned. There will always be people and circumstances that leave us shaking our heads and asking “why?”  At the end of the day, it’s not their life we’re  living, but  our own.

I’ll have some chocolate. I’ll cry some tears, and I will embrace the blessing and the joy my Father has blessed me with. Perhaps it’s time that I start smiling, start embracing the joy and moving forward.

We serve an awesome Father and He is there. Always has been and always will be. That alone is enough to be joyful about!

Twinkle Mom

Twinkle Mom of Sunflower Faith is a constant work in progres. Avid book reader and a book reviewer, constant explorer, "Twinkle Mom" can be found at "Sunflower Faith" where she is sometimes silly, sometimes sarcastic, sometimes serious, but always pursuing our Father in Heaven.

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