Choose Joy!

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.~ Romans 12:12

Every day is a gift! Every day is a blessing!

Yesterday, may not have been what you hoped. Today, may have been similar, but you have to know that today was not guaranteed; it’s a privilege. No matter what, we have to know that each day is truly a gift! Despite what we experience, we have to stop for a moment, take a deep breath and appreciate what we’ve been given another day of life.

So, in the midst of it all, we have to make a decision to not allow the circumstances of life to make us bitter, but better! We can decide whether to have joy or sadness. Deciding to choose better; not bitter and joy over sadness is a process.

We have to always remember that through it all; the choice is ours.

Better not bitter

Joy not sadness

Lord, thank you for all you are and all you have done. Thank you for keeping me. Thank you for loving me. Heavenly Father, thank you for never leaving me. Father, although life isn’t always perfect, your faithfulness helps me to choose joy!