True joy is an enigma to me. Earlier this year, I found myself endeavouring to look at the concept of grace. In the process of that search, I have learned some… and know that I need to learn more. Recently over the last few months, God has called me into a relationship with Him that challenged my way of looking at what He does for those He loves. The forgiveness, the restoration, the lengths to which He will go to give to His beloved children. While I have been wanting to unpack these experiences, I have been processing far too much with the individuals involved, and have unpacked very little with He that set it all in motion…
All that I have been asking for months has been related to these two questions:
Have you met Joy?
Has someone or something robbed it from you?
It’s amazing how simple the concept of joy
or having it removed from us
affects the world in which we live.
It can infuse us with life,
or
paralyze us with fear.
It can renew our purposes
and in an instant steal them away
like so often we allow circumstance to do
Everything thrives or withers
when the Joy that the Lord gives us
either dwells mightily
or is evicted from
our hearts
It’s a decision, but often it’s
harder to choose to see that it even
exists…
Hopefully in the coming days, I can sit down and flesh out the concepts that have been on my heart and exposed to me through these wondrous experiences. Good, bad, beautiful, ugly, hard, satisfying… peaceful and joyous. I would gladly receive some of that grace to delve into these. I know the folks that walked with me, for me, and the ones I walked for have earned the right see what God is teaching through all of this. Hold me to it, because I need the truth of this winding path that God put me on recently.
