You don't see people in General have a joy for life. We might see people with temporary happiness but it is so temporary.
Just pay attention to conversations that go on around you. All you hear for the most part is everyone complaining about how much they work and not see a positive return for their labor. How little time they have to tend to their homes and families. You see more parents lash out in anger at their children In public than in previous times. People are burdened and exhausted. You might be reading this and say to yourself that I might be writing about you. I'm actually writing about myself and how I might have felt at times so don't feel you are alone.
I've realized that you can't have everything perfect, we are imperfect people. What I know and have experienced that we can do is seek to live a life of balance. For me my balance and source of strength is drawn from my relationship with God. He keeps me focused on the things that matter most to me. I realized that to have peace in my marriage, family, work and friends I must keep Him at the center of it all.
He gives me reason for joy amidst trials, because I know that He has my life at the palm of his hands. He gives me mercy and shows His grace when I make mistakes and I allow my to do list become more important than seeking Him.
He allows me to be merciful because He has shown great mercy to me from all my sins. He gives me the desire to forgive when others wrong me because He will not allow me to have peace and harvest anger in my heart.
He allows me to be thankful for the blessings that come into my life because I acknowledge that without a doubt I couldn't ever achieve anything unless it was through Him.
He gives me the will to be a better mother, wife, sister, daughter and friend because without Him I can only disappoint but with Him I strive to give my best. Even when I get fustrated He doesn't allow me to have peace until I correct myself and seek forgiveness.
Overall there is so much I can thank Him for because my life depends on Him. He has given me more than what I deserve and he deserves my best attempt to improve my relationship with Him daily.
There is a lot that can keep us from Him, from our to do list down to all the shows we feel we must watch on Tv. There is so much that tries to keep us from thinking and the devil has fooled us to believe that we need a break from thinking because thinking will only allow us to focus on how overwhelmed and stressed out we are. Reality is that we need to think about our life so that we can come to surrender our thoughts and will to seek One who can give us true joy and meaning for living. So that we can search out our hearts and remove the cobwebs of grudges and set our heart for a godly change.
Don't loose the life that God has intended for you to live because you are focused on how you feel now. Seek Him, the Bible says that "You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart." Jeremiah 29:13
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