If you can forgive the person you once were, accept the person you are, and believe in the person you will become, you are headed for joy. So celebrate your life.
"That must be a very smart dog," the man commented.
"He ain't so smart," said one of the players. "Every time he gets a good hand he wags his tail!"
When we have joy in our hearts, it will be obvious to everyone! "A joyful heart makes a cheerful face" (Prov. 15:13)
Christ made it clear:
He intends that His joy should become our joy. Yet sometimes, amid the inevitable hustle and bustle of life here on earth, we can temporarily forfeit the joy of christ as we wrestle with the challenges of daily living.
Jonathan Edwards, an 18th century clergyman, observed, 'Christ is not only a remedy for your weariness and trouble, but he will give you an abundance of the contrary: joy and delight. They who come to Christ do not only come to a resting-place after they have been wandering in a wilderness, but they come to a banqueting-house where they may rest, and where they may feast. They may cease from their former troubles and toils, and they may enter upon a course of delights and spiritual joys."
If, today, your heart is heavy, open the door of your soul to Christ. He will give you peace and joy. And, if you already have the joy of Christ in your heart, share it freely, just as Christ freely shared His joy with you.
God is going to be as pleased to have you with Him in heaven as you will be to be there with Him.He intends that His joy should become our joy. Yet sometimes, amid the inevitable hustle and bustle of life here on earth, we can temporarily forfeit the joy of christ as we wrestle with the challenges of daily living.
Jonathan Edwards, an 18th century clergyman, observed, 'Christ is not only a remedy for your weariness and trouble, but he will give you an abundance of the contrary: joy and delight. They who come to Christ do not only come to a resting-place after they have been wandering in a wilderness, but they come to a banqueting-house where they may rest, and where they may feast. They may cease from their former troubles and toils, and they may enter upon a course of delights and spiritual joys."
If, today, your heart is heavy, open the door of your soul to Christ. He will give you peace and joy. And, if you already have the joy of Christ in your heart, share it freely, just as Christ freely shared His joy with you.
