Joy

In addition to the peace that I was reminded of yesterday, joy and rejoicing has also been reverberating in my life of late.  This is the attitude I want to bring with me at the start of this new year, and dealing with my situation, and living out my life day by day, in all the circumstances that God puts me in.

God has told me that I need to be joyful in the blessings he has bestowed upon me.  I am truly blessed, I have a wonderful family, great friends, a loving fellowship, a guy that loves me for who I am, and brothers and sisters that are always there for me, encouraging and challenging me.  What more can I ask for?  There is more that I could ask for, but looking at them now, they are based on wordly standards and if I wait upon God he will provide for me.  Thus, for now, I am going to rejoice in what he has given to me now.

Further, the month of December taught me a number of things about being joyful and such.  After two awesome months where I was "on track," reading the Bible, doing my devotionals, spending time with God, praying, I fell of the ball.  It sucked.  However, as I shared with a fellow sister, even when I was on track, there always seemed to be a voice in the back of my head, that is obviously attributable to Satan, telling me that this awesome time is finite and will only last a while before I come crashing down again.  Why do we do that to ourselves?!  A devotional taught me that we need rejoice in what God has given to us.  Instead of letting that little voice get the best of us, I need to remember what God has blessed me with now, what he is doing is my life right now, how I am doing right now, and not worry about what is to come.