Practice Being Thankful and JOYful

Have you had your JOY JUICE today?  Though Thanksgiving Day is over, please don’t stop being thankful….Continue to drink in the JOY of the Lord.

Where did it go?

             So often we look forward to the holidays with joy and anticipation….then before we know it, they’re over.  It seems the older I get, the more quickly they come and go.  As the Bible says, “Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. James 4:14

            Life does go by so quickly.  Rick Warren reminds us that our life here on earth is just a dress rehearsal for things to come…It’s a temporary assignment.  God is preparing us for an eternity with Him, if we choose to follow Him.  So if this is a dress rehearsal, we need to be practicing, don’t you think? 

            Let’s practice being:

·        Thankful

·        Loving

·        Kind

·        Forgiving

·        Prayerful

·        Compassionate

·        Patient

·        Faithful

AND OF COURSE, JOYFUL!

            As Rick Warren explains, “A fish would never be happy living on land, because it was made for water.  An eagle could never feel satisfied if it wasn’t allowed to fly.  You will never feel completely satisfied on earth, because you were made for more. You will have happy moments here, but nothing compared with what God has planned for you.

            Live each day to the fullest, joyfully anticipating what God has in store….MUCH JOY plus so much more!  Thank you, Father!