Daily Joy

It seems that there is not many places in the US that doesn't have snow.  It seems that over the past week, we've been blessed with an abundance of snow.  Yes, it makes it hard to get around to work, school, appointments, etc; but look how beautiful it is.  Have you taken time to just watch the snow as it falls?  Do you marvel at it's soft look as it gently floats to the ground?  Think about each snowflake being uniquely different!  What an awesome God we serve to have established this!

I know that a lot of people look at each day in an overloaded capacity.  How sad!  So many are missing out on pure daily Joy!  There is joy in just being able to get out of bed!  Some of us can get out of bed easier than others..but to just be able to go through out daily routines should bring us Joy.  I have met so many people in the past few years that look for sorrow.  They have no intention of looking for anything but being miserable.  And a lot don't want to be around others unless they are miserable as well.  How sad!  I know a lot of our Church family, immediate family and friends are facing enormous health and financial issues; but in that....our day can become brighter by being joyful.  In the Old Testament in the Bible there is a verse...
                             Proverbs 15:13 "A merry heart maketh a cheerfull countenance..."

So as you go through your daily routine; look at it as an adventure.  No two days are ever the same, start looking at your days differently.  Reach out each day to make things happen that will make you joyful!  Look for the positive, ignore the negative.  Is your health bad and have you down?  Don't despair, this too shall pass!  Are your finances just not there?  Things will look up, we all bottom out at some point in life.  Our daily existence is a challenge; and you will only get out of it what you put into it.  I know what pity parties are and what depression is.  I've visited those places far too many times; especially recently.  But I have made it a promise to myself to find the adventure in God's roadway for me.  I'm determined to find the happiness and joy that each day can bring me.  Things don't always go our way and they shouldn't.  We all need some type of challenges in our lives to make us stronger and more determined.

As you read this you may become angry or upset; I am trying to get you to look at the positive in life.  There is too many negative things in our lives to not be joyful.  I love the Children's song - "I've got the Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy down in my Heart.."  Do you?  If not, now is the time to find something in your daily life to bring you joy.  Look around, you've been blessed!
                                            Have a wonderful weeknd!    God Bless!
                                                                 Until next time.......Kathy