Tag: joy

Find Joy in Thankfulness

Yesterday I talked about thankfulness being about perspective.

Today is a great day to put that into practice. As you go about your plans today look at your surroundings, at the people you are with and find new things to be thankful for.

You may find that you appreciate things or others more then you have in the past. Ask God to reveal to you how he see your friends and family, or if your alone ask him to show you what he would like you to do with the day.

Thankfulness is about perspective so change your perspective and let the joy of Jesus fill you.

give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. ~ 1 Thessalonians 5:18

Joy, Hope & Peace

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. 

—Romans 15:13

Nowhere here does it say we have to manufacture our own joy, peace and hope. But that it does comes from trusting in God. I don’t put my hope in myself because I will fail myself. I don’t find my peace from within. I find peace and hope in God through the Holy Spirit. And God’s peace and hope gives me joy.

What a relief that is, we don’t have to find joy, hope or peace in ourselves but we can trust to find it in the one that is bigger then us, stronger, kinder, more generous and loves us beyond our understanding.

We can go to our daddy, our Abba, our Heavenly Father on our worst and our best day and he will still always welcome us with a huge hug and a smile and provide all we need.