Have you ever met someone elderly who sparkles with JOY? Have you ever tried to learn how to live likewise? Did they just practice for a very long time and finally got it right? Were they from a loving family and absorbed a joyful spirit just by being part of the joyful environment they grew up in? Maybe. Maybe not. Perhaps they suffered very much and realized at one point in their lives that God loved them, no matter what. Perhaps they learned the art of turning over their heartaches and disappointments to God and going on in life?
I try to be a joyful person. I think I am, but I know there are times when anger, resentment, injustice and other things "that should not be" steal my joy away from me. Well, if the truth be told, my joy wasn't stolen from me. I let these things take my joy away or I actually handed my joy over to them. In reality, there are times I have given up on joy.
Resurrection is all about JOY! Enough said? I need to realign myself with this fact and check myself when I forget. That's okay, though, for Resurrection means dying and rising too: dying to myself when I realize I need to improve and rising again, when I don't feel like it.
Jesus, My Resurrection and my LIFE, grant that I may rise with YOU!
I try to be a joyful person. I think I am, but I know there are times when anger, resentment, injustice and other things "that should not be" steal my joy away from me. Well, if the truth be told, my joy wasn't stolen from me. I let these things take my joy away or I actually handed my joy over to them. In reality, there are times I have given up on joy.
Resurrection is all about JOY! Enough said? I need to realign myself with this fact and check myself when I forget. That's okay, though, for Resurrection means dying and rising too: dying to myself when I realize I need to improve and rising again, when I don't feel like it.
Jesus, My Resurrection and my LIFE, grant that I may rise with YOU!
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