I choose joy.

It seems like everything in life is bad news. I mean, there is the occasional good moment, where something goes right, but it is rare.

I'm always curious as to which force is at work. When I get bad news, it is because God is trying to tell me that I'm not doing what He wants me to do... or is it because I'm not doing what Satan wants, so he is fighting back. How do we know which it is? How do we know who is closing the doors?

The natural human response to bad news is to get depressed, angry, or to give up. I am not perfect, but I am learning how to find joy in the bad news of life. If I'm fighting against Satan, than joy (through Christ) is my best weapon. Satan is trying to get us to lose sight of joy. So when I am reminded that I don't have enough money for my trip, I respond by saying that God must have something special in mind. If it is God who wants me to do something different, than I think joy will help me find it.

The Bible says to choose joy in all things. That's what I like about joy, it's a choice. When trials come our way we have a choice to make. We can choose depression, we can choose anger, or... we can choose joy. The choice seems obvious to me. unfortunately, the other two are so much easier to choose... It's human nature.


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