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Writer's pictureJoni

Day 7: Always Joy


Oh he had one mission,

and that one mission

was to steal CHRISTmas

from every WHO in Whoville.

And oh how he thought he succeeded,

as he stripped every house

of every gift,

of every ornament,

of every piece of food,

of everything that he believed was their reason for the season.

But he left one thing behind

that couldn't be stolen,

that couldn't be stripped away,

even when it appeared that everything that was so important

was stripped away.

Because every Who down in Whoville

STILL sang and sang with JOYFUL hearts

on that CHRISTmas morn

when there was NOTHING left

to sing about.

But there was SOMETHING left

that could never be stolen.

Not even the Grinchiest Grinch could steal

THE JOY from their HEARTS,

because their JOY was from within

and not from without.

Oh

even when everything that you once knew

is stripped away,

you still have that beating HEART inside

that no one can snatch from you,

when you have given it away to

THE ONE

who came STRIPPED down as a

little BABY,

to be then STRIPPED down on a cross,

to be left for dead.

Oh how JESUS was STRIPPED down,

by so many,

but oh how NOTHING could STRIP HIM

of the

REASON for why GOD birthed HIM

on earth.

For NO ONE can STEAL

THE REASON for THE SEASON,

because

JESUS ISN'T A SEASON.

JESUS is the CHRIST that goes before "mas".

For where is CHRISTmas without CHRIST?

NOTHING.

Even with every pound of the hammer,

that drove the nails into HIS body,

JESUS still was JESUS

carrying out GOD'S WILL

to go from the cradle to the CROSS.

As

JOY was BIRTHED

after the stripping

of HIS grave cloths

on that Easter morning,

making

HIS JOY

here to stay,

because

even the Grinchiest Grinch

does not have the power

to

steal what is not his.

Because you & me & everyone else

who is

IN CHRIST

have an inheritance

that is way bigger

then a couple of gifts & decorated trees & the CHRISTmas feast,

that can never be stripped away~

"I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish;

no one will snatch them out of my hand.

My FATHER, who has given them to ME, is greater than all;

no one can snatch them out of MY FATHER'S hand.

I and the FATHER are ONE”

(John 10:28-30.)

Oh The Grinch may be a made up character,

yet has brought a REALITY message,

that when everything is stripped away

where is your JOY rooted?

So let's join together

during this "season",

not fixated on what has been stripped away,

but instead stay fixated on

THE ONE

who

can never be

STRIPPED

from your

HEART,

from the moment

JESUS is BIRTHED in your life

you are HIS FOREVER~

For this is how GOD loved the world: HE gave HIS one and only SON, so that everyone who believes in HIM will not perish

but have eternal life

(John 3:16),

Therefore,

keep SINGING even if you feel as if you have nothing to sing about,

because you always have JESUS to sing about~

"Be cheerful no matter what; pray all the time;

thank God no matter what happens.

This is the way GOD wants you who belong to CHRIST JESUS to live"

(I Thessalonians 5:16-18).

Because

JESUS

is

CHRISTMAS,

therefore

CHRISTMAS

is FOREVER,

and that my friend

is worth singing about it,

just like every

WHO in WHOVILLE

(watch below)

who haven't stopped singing.





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