Finding Joy
Morning! Push all the negative thoughts out! Finding that inner peace takes only a moment. When you opened your eyes, did you say thank you Lord? Did you pray for a good day with only positive vibes? If you questioned your joy by letting in negative thoughts; STOP IT! Push that rewind button; even when you are running today’s agenda, or schedule, or daily task through your mind, breathe; then think “joy is coming”! When we fill our souls with happy thoughts we can suppress that darkness and bring the joy up to the top! David struggled more as an adult than as a young shepherd in his father’s fields. He reached into the depths of his soul to again feel the presence of God. Even on the run he lamented over his struggles and his deficiencies. His one constant was knowing a God who could take a boy from the fields and lead him to the palace. Psalms 23 says it all! Look it up right now; see and feel that same emotion! He felt restored in every moment by finding joy and peace within. He found looking towards the end goal of being in the presence of God one day. Though there are trials, temptations, heartaches, pain, true joy is coming! Find joy in everything by thinking positive! I may have spilled my coffee but I could have spilled it in my lap! Even in the simple things you do as your morning routine, find the joy. If you have children, you already see the joy as they rush around with you getting ready! If you have a pet instead, you see the joy in them because they see love in you! Use a positive thought in anything that lets negative emotion come up. Even in sorrow, think of only the happy times; the good memories that filled you with smiles or laughter. There is joy in all things; you just need to find yours in everything! Keep telling yourself joy will heal and fill!
Scriptures:
Read: Psalms 23, Psalms 15:11, Psalms 66:1, John 15:11, Psalms 30:5, John 15:11, I Peter 4:13
Prayer:
Dear God, thank you for this day. Thank you for all the joy in my life. Please continue to dwell inside my soul that I can share the joy you give me with everyone around me! Please help me push any negative thoughts from my mind and replace them with positive ones! Let joy be seen every day through me so someone can see there is positively no other way to receive it except through your love! Let me find joy even in the hard times and give thanks that you are there to help me through all of it! Amen.