We keep getting hits from the right and from the left. You get one thing done and something else happens. Days you just want to lay out in the grass with your arms wide open and say "I give up...Satan you win". He knows what buttons to push. He knows how to make you squirm. He knows how to make you lose it and give up hope. He just knows! Then God wakes you up and slaps you around a little bit and shows you that things could be far worse. He shows you that the blessings of this life are not in the things. The things that cost us money and the things that seems so important but in reality they aren't. They are just things. Things that are bought and sold everyday. Things that are forgotten about in a month. Things ...cannot replace life. Life is fragile and fleeting. Life is precious. Time is like gold. Savoring the moments and not the things. The memories. The laughter. When we leave this earth what is left behind? Our things won't matter but the memories will. The impact we made. The lives we changed. The moments we savored. The time we took. The love we gave. The JOY we create. Joy...its a tough one for me. I get down and out easily. I get lost in what needs to be done. What should be done. How much to be done. Often times I don't look at the joy in it. I take it for granted and miss the joy. But today...today I choose Joy. My joy is what makes my kids joy. When I am joyful they are joyful. When I am snappy. They are snappy. When I'm upset. They are upset. Today I choose joy. Find the joy. It may not be easy. It may even be downright painful but look for the JOY. It's there...in everything we do. We just have to look for it. So today Satan doesn't win. The bills may stack up. The car may blow up. That thing you wanted may slip through your fingers. But it's all material. Don't let it steal your joy. Don't let it steal your laughter. Praise God for the things you have that aren't "things".
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