One wonderful thing about kids is their ability to laugh. You could teach us adults how to live more joyfully, just by laughing more. Do you know the Bible talks about joy and gladness so many times, if I remember right it is over 800 times. Sometimes we think serving God is hard, and serious, but I like to think about God laughing! The Bible tells us that He does! He smiles on us, and even sings over us. It sounds like He is pretty joyful. In fact, I think of heaven as a place where joy abounds. To be able to live a life of joy, we have some choices to make. The best choice is to ask Jesus into your heart, and be saved. Immediately we have a well of joy to draw from. The next choice that is so important if we want to live a joy filled life is to choose what we will think on. Philippians 4:8 tells us to think on things that are true, noble, just, pure, lovely, of good report, if there be any virtue, if there be any praise, think on these things. It takes a choice to let go of bad thoughts, negative thoughts, or even foolish thoughts. Another choice that you get to make is to choose to act how you want to feel. Sometimes we just let ourselves get wrapped up in thoughts that make us discouraged or depressed, or even just sad and lonely. But we choose to act how we want to feel, that means we smile more, we laugh more, we choose joy and find good things to say and do. So when you chose Jesus, we chose to live a life of joy. Let’s live a joy filled life, 24/7/ 12 months of the year, for every year of your life!
A very timely message – thank you!