Have you
had your Joy Juice today? Regardless of
what you have planned for this day, there is joy to be found.
In David
Jeremiah’s book, A Life Beyond
Amazing, he shares the true story of a successful man who held strong
to his faith…even in difficult times. “Tony Snow was one of America’s most
successful and respected newsmen. He started out as a writer for a small
newspaper and went on to become a voice on ABC’s Good Morning America, and then
hosted his own show on Fox News. In 2006, President George W. Bush appointed
Snow as his White House press secretary. Though popular, knowledgeable, and
highly articulate, he was forced to resign less than two years later when he
was diagnosed with terminal colon cancer.
He died the following year at age fifty-three.
Tony Snow could have died a bitter
man, angry at how his brilliant career was cut short, and how cancer deprived
him of life with his wife and three children. But Tony was a devout Christian.
Far from being angry with God, he found joy in the unexpected blessings his
illness brought him.”
Tony wrote these words before
his death: “The mere thought of death
somehow makes every blessing vivid, every happiness more luminous and
intense. We may not know how our contest
with sickness will end, but we have felt the ineluctable touch of God.”
Through the difficult times,
Tony Snow had joy. And we can have that
same joy!
Make
certain that YOU have the joy that comes from knowing Jesus personally.
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