I WILL rejoice and be glad

I used to think that joy was something that came from an outside source.

The right circumstances, the right people, the right stuff. I also thought that happiness was joy.

I look back now and think, a-a-a-w wasn't she cute, silly little darling!!

After fifty something years ( that's my story and I''m sticking to it!) ;-D  I have learned better.
It took seven years of, if it can go wrong it will, to teach me God's reality.

With the Holy Spirit residing in me, Joy is alwas present.
Even when I was racked with pain, physical, emotional, and mental as well as spiritual questioning and misunderstanding.

Deep inside in that far corner of my soul that I was trying to avoid so I could get on with my pity party,  joy patiently waited.

(That in it's self is a whole different topic, maybe one day I will get to share some thoughts on that.)

The joy of knowing Abba, the joy of knowing that Jesus paid for all of this, the joy of knowing He would never leave me or forsake me, the joy of knowing that the Holy Spirit is here to comfort me as soon as I allowed Him to do what He so longs to do.

That's why I emphasized WILL in the title.

I have learned (and it seems to have been a common occurrence in my life up to this point) the hard way, that the choice is mine to make.

I can indeed choose to wallow in my self pity, anger, or what ever destructive emotion, I'm entertaining at the moment, or I can embrace the love, joy, and peace that is so readily available in God.

So I'm left with this; Chose you this day whom you will serve.

My response...

This is the day the Lord has made I WILL rejoice and be glad in it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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