Tuesday, June 3, 2008

JOY-JOY-JOY!

Hi Friends in Christ,

Man, this experience has been awesome for me! Today, God brought to me needing to be filled with more JOY. Not, that I don’t have a lot of JOY, but the JOY that comes from God’s presence. Here are a few of my journal entries and the scripture verses I used for today:

Psalm 16. (vs. 11 especially) “In thy presence there is fullness of JOY.” God help me find even deeper JOY in my heart. In my tiredness, my seriousness, my working so hard to please, I realize that sometimes the JOY that is in front of me is zapped. The JOY of a baby boy’s curiousity, the JOY of the beautiful flowers spring up everywhere, the JOY of my wife’s companionship and beauty, the JOY of a home cooked meal, the JOY of a walk on our property…JOY, JOY, JOY.

Psalm 91. (the familiar Eagle’s Wings psalm) It is so awesome to know that God bears us up all as an Eagle on His wings. In Psalm 91, it says “He will give his angels charge of you—to guard you in all his ways.” I love that knowing that God is our refuge and fortress and that we need not fear as we go forward in our lives.

Matthew 11: “Come to me all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” “My yoke is easy, my burden is light.” Maybe JOY is seeing our yokes being lightened and giving our burdens to God. I came up with these questions to ponder:

What has a stronghold—YOKE—over me right now?
What burdens can I ease to find even deeper JOY?
What is the JOY from God I can fill deeper in my heart?

JOY-JOY-JOY!

Brian

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