Choose Joy in the Midst of Difficulty
Dec 26, 2016 5:48:55 GMT
Post by difficulttime2 on Dec 26, 2016 5:48:55 GMT
Just got a little book from my sister ... "Choose Joy" by Kay Warren (Rick Warren's wife) ... who had apparently written the manuscript just prior to her adult son committing suicide.
She writes: "Joy is the settled assurance that God is in control of all the details of my life, the quiet confidence that everything is going to be all right, and the determined CHOICE to praise God in all things."
She goes on to say: "There's nothing in that definition about happy FEELINGS, because as we all know, happiness is fleeting."
So in the midst of the uncertainty and rejection of estrangement, WE CAN AND MUST CHOOSE JOY ... even when we don't 'feel' happy ... we can have JOY, knowing that He's got this ... He has us and he has our kids and our grandkids in His mighty hand and it is God who will make things right for us ... In the meantime ... let's PRAISE Him because He is worthy.... God bless each one of you....
She writes: "Joy is the settled assurance that God is in control of all the details of my life, the quiet confidence that everything is going to be all right, and the determined CHOICE to praise God in all things."
She goes on to say: "There's nothing in that definition about happy FEELINGS, because as we all know, happiness is fleeting."
So in the midst of the uncertainty and rejection of estrangement, WE CAN AND MUST CHOOSE JOY ... even when we don't 'feel' happy ... we can have JOY, knowing that He's got this ... He has us and he has our kids and our grandkids in His mighty hand and it is God who will make things right for us ... In the meantime ... let's PRAISE Him because He is worthy.... God bless each one of you....
