Choose Joy

Choose Joy

Nehemiah 8:10b (ESV)

“And do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

What if Joy was the medicine to help you overcome the challenges and changes that life so graciously seems to throw our way?

What if your breakthrough was simply choosing Joy in the middle of your storm and life’s challenges?

What if pain and its accompanying trials were fixed by allowing the Holy Spirit to flood your heart with joy?

I personally received joy from God in middle of storms. Even now, I know the chaos and pain will try to make me bitter with life. Watching loved ones fight health conditions or going to a job and still not having enough to buy simple things we all desire and want can become joy stealers.

Learning to choose joy over bitterness is a process, but we can choose joy.

Today, at this very moment, let's decide to choose joy as our answer to the questions or problems. Joy simply says, “I'm going to allow God's peace to guide me rather than the pain, anger, and frustrations of life." We will not overlook the emotions, but we will decide to choose joy as the answer to overcome and gain strength to handle the challenges that may be knocking at our doors.

Today, I choose joy.