Anyone else having a hard time looking for Joy these days?
Every week, I am reminding us all (including me) that there is Joy to be found in the Everyday. How? By asking God to open your eyes to it.
I am part of an online Bible Study this summer called #100DaysToBrave by Annie F. Downs. This weekend, I posted this (in part, believe it or not, I had a LOT of words and this is just a few of them….)
If ever there was a time to be a light on social media, I feel like this is it.
Like : for such a time as this.I have tried to bring as much joy as I can to the internet lately. And God seems intent on making sure I have some good stuff to share – like the fishing story this week and the bike adventure.I love social media much more than I despise it, honestly. But even I have found it to be hard these days.I struggle often about being so “look for the joy! See the good!” that I forget to mention that it isn’t all roses and rainbows. No one wants to mention the thorns and the storms that bring the beauty in the roses and rainbows, but let me tell you that the reason I search for that joy from God is because of thorns and thunderstorms.
“…God is for us. And nothing – no bad day, no rough week, no hard season – can stop that. Nothing! No Debbie Downer reaction, no loss of hope, no belief that blessings are fleeting while problems are forever will make God’s love any less real or any less true. He loves us. Not even my attitude or outlook can change that. I pray that today your rest in this thought. Nothing can separate you from God’s love.” (written by Mary Carver, Devotional from Daily Grace in (in)courage study guide called In All These Things on page 1588 based on Romans 8:37-39
13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
I’ve declared my love for the #TheBigBooPoscast w/ @boomama & @BigMama so often but I must tell you, this #podcast was everything I needed. #Hamilton review. Someone else who survived a #snake in the toilet at the #huntingcabin. All the things. So good. https://t.co/wxREzzqIIT pic.twitter.com/83SDmJyRGs
— Denise Dykstra (@life4boys) July 11, 2020
We also did some pretty major bike riding…