What if JOY isn't a figment of your imagination?
What if JOY becomes so REAL
that you can't BELIEVE that you can actually
BE JOYFUL
when there is nothing that you
see or feel that has any JOY.
JOY is REAL.
It is closer than you can ever imagine.
Ready. Get Set Go.
"Celebrate GOD all day, every day.
I mean, revel in HIM!"*
Don't you SEE HIM.
Look at the trees. Listen to the birds.
Look into the eyes of a child.
Feel HIM in a hug.
Let HIM catch your tears.
Give HIM your fears and worries.
"Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray.
Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers,
letting GOD know your concerns.
Before you know it,
a sense of GOD'S wholeness,
everything coming together for good,
will come and settle you down..."*
And before you know it
JOY overwhelms your inner being.
"It’s wonderful what happens when CHRIST displaces worry at the center of your life"*
JOY is not a figment of your imagination.
For when JOY enters into your heart, it is so surreal
because you didn't create it.
Oh I know this to be true,
when I am having a pity party
focusing on all that is wrong in my life
and
forgetting about all WHO is RIGHT in my life.
Try it.
Ready. Get Set. Go.
"Summing it all up, friends, I’d say you’ll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious~
the best, not the worst;
the beautiful, not the ugly;
things to praise, not things to curse.
Put into practice what you learned from me,
what you heard and saw and realized.
Do that, and GOD, who makes everything work together,
will work you into HIS most excellent harmonies"
*(Philippians 4:4-9 MSG).
Ready. Get Set. Go.
CHOOSE JOY
for that is who
"JESUS IS"
(listen to the song below)
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