I've discovered there is more to being happy than what is all around you. Anyone can be happy for a moment in time when they fall in love or discover a long lost friendship or get a new job or a new car. Or you can be happy someone remembered your birthday and sent you money inside the card. But did you know you can still be happy when the world around you is crashing down? When your checking account is overdrawn and you owe the bank money you don't even have or when your best friend tells you he never wants to speak to you again or your favorite tv show gets cancelled and you don't know how it ends.
It's true...inside your heart is a special place for a little thing called JOY. It isn't dependent on what circumstances tell you is going on. It doesn't reserve itself for special holidays or confirmation of another human around you. I've found my joy in a relationship with a Savior who is called Jesus. The One and Only Lover of my soul who came to earth in the form of a baby so he could grow up to die on a cross and then be resurrected so I could have eternal life and live forever in heaven with Him after my time here on earth is done.
I find the joy is enough to make my heart happy when I make choices that make me feel good on the inside. I've chosen this life I live and I am thankful for all that have traveled with me on this journey.
Each one of you reading this note can have JOY too. You can be HAPPY no matter what is going on around you. You can make the choice to make Jesus your Lord and Savior today. One simple little prayer, "Jesus I love you and I believe you are my savior who died and rose again for me. Please be Lord of my life." That's it. You are saved from eternal damnation and you can live a life of abundance. You don't have to be perfect, you're already forgiven. You don't have to become a mindless robot, just be yourself and follow the two most important commandments in the Bible: Love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind and soul and love your neighbor as yourself.
With all that love, you won't have to worry about do's and don'ts; just walk in His Perfect LOVE!!!
God Bless Us All...Everyone!!
