I have been told that I have a lot of joy. It is funny because most often when I hear this, I feel as though I am in a season of depression or not so wonderful moments. I often see myself from a totally critical view and then someone comes along and tells me that I am so full of joy. This fills my heart.
Within the last two or three weeks my heart has been bursting with joy. Why? Well there really isn’t any reason specially for it. I know that there have been not so pretty moments but for the most part I am just living. I know that this season, this year being in Houston has been very difficult. I never imagined how hard this would have been; however, coming back from Christmas break, the Lord just renewed my joy in him. Sometimes life is just too…. I don’t even have a word for it… its that good. I feel like there is a lot of stuff that I have been given in my life and often it is so easy to be down on myself or even sit in those places of hardship and just shut down, but I am some days fighting to be joyful. These past weeks, I have not felt like I was fighting for joy, I simply woke up and there it was! Sometimes after a long couple months, waking up and overflowing with joy is just what you need to make it through the next long season of your life.
So dear friends, embrace the little moments, play tag in your small house, laugh until it hurts (like 10 times a day), have a good cup of coffee and watch the rain fall, be in the moment and have a conversation with someone who needs a little more attention that day, and love life. God is incredible and knows just what you need so take it and love it!
