February 21, 2010 Chapter 21
Dear Friends,
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control” Galations 5:22-23
Nehemiah 8:10 ” The Joy of the Lord is your stength”
They Joy of the Lord is my strength. A mantra in my life at the moment. I have been in Bed for 7 days straight now, sick with something i that i have no idea what it is and the one thing that has been going through my head is that even when my physical self has zero strength, the Joy of the Lord is my strength.
But what does it mean for the Joy of the Lord to be your strength?
Have you ever noticed that when you are happy and things are going great in your life, you feel like you could do anything but when things are not going well you just want to sit and hide and do nothing? Well when the Joy of the Lord is your strength it means that you focus on and look for the good things in your life that God has given you and allow them to revive you. Even when you can’t find anything to rejoice in and be thankful for there is always the fact that you are are saved. You can take joy in your salvation! in the fact that you are going to be spending eternity with Jesus! How cool!
When you live by the Spirit, joy becomes an overflow of your heart. I want to live so that i am known for the joy that i have. Because im a girl i can be a little moody but i dont want to be known as the girl who screams at people and is miss grumpy puss at the end of every camp i go to or when i’m just tired, i want to be known as the person who is overflowing with joy no matter the situation. And the way that that is going to happen is if i choose daily to live by the spirit.
Today i Choose.
S.
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