Have you
had your Joy Juice today? There’s
something JOYfully poetic about seeing life through the eyes of our Creator!
Paul tells
us about joy and peace in the book of Philippians. When we give every part of
our lives to God, relinquishing control of even those tender spots that bring
pain…when we acknowledge that God is sovereign and loves us, even when it seems
things don’t make sense; when we allow Him to “turn our pain into poetry” THEN
we can experience the joy and peace Paul talks about. Why choose to stay
“stuck” in the mire of discouragement, self-pity and worry?
Listen to
how the Living Bible expresses Philippians 4:6-7:
6 Don’t worry about
anything; instead, pray about everything; tell God your needs, and don’t forget
to thank him for his answers. 7 If you do this, you will
experience God’s peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can
understand. His peace will keep your thoughts and your hearts quiet and at rest
as you trust in Christ Jesus.”
When we
accept that incomprehensible peace and allow it to envelope us in God’s love, we will sense the “poetry that comes from the
pain” (as author Ann Voskamp terms it.)
Many strong Christians will testify of going through horrendous
circumstances, but they would not change them if they could because they grew
so much closer to the Lord. And with
that close relationship comes sweet peace and JOY.
Whatever the pain that comes our way, God can turn it into poetry that
will be here to stay!
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