Choose Happy

A few days ago I was jogging and as usual I was listening to a Joyce Meyer podcast.  She was teaching about choosing to be glad NOW.  Not in the future when things were different, not when Friday comes or vacation rolls around, not when I have a new house or new car, or new this or that...but in the present moment, right now....choose to be glad.

It's so funny, because just the night before I was talking about this with a friend. Hmmmm...."Godincidence?"  I get so angry and miserable at work sometimes--but that is not what the Lord wants---He wants me joyful, at peace and filled with His light and life.  So I am trying to find things that make me joyful at work (a herculean task to be sure!).  But in spite of my surroundings and the goings on at my work place, the reason I always have to be joyful is that Jesus is always, everywhere, at all times, in all places, with me.  He never leaves me.  So even in the darkest of places, His light and life shine forth.  Every moment sparkles with His love.

This is such an easy realization as I sit here with the Lord in the morning, surrounded by the peace of His presence.  The quietness of the morning, the Word of God open beside me....all this makes perfect sense....but oh when I leave this place....that's when this truth seems to retreat way into the the farthest recesses of my mind...it fades from my conscious thought.  And I hate that.

So, Lord I ask that You help keep this with me.  And I thank You for the teaching You bring to me, day by day....choosing happy, sowing seeds, all of it...each day You work with me to bring about renewal and growth.  Lord, I am a slow learner so I am especially grateful for Your patience.  I love your Lord.

I am going to leave you all with the song by Chris Tomlin that has been running around my mind since I woke up this morning.  I figure the Lord put it there for a reason, so I'll share!!