Yes, joy is what I am addicted to.
These last couple week/ends have been filled with so much God, love, laughter and fun that I am now hooked!
It's an amazing feeling; a high if you will.
A feeling that I have been searching for.
Joy addiction=No withdrawal
Jesus said, "These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full."(John 15:11)
So as long as we have Jesus we have joy.
"And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."(Matthew 28:20)
Jesus never forsakes us, so why should our joy?
According to John 10:10, "The thief comes to steal, kill and destroy."
That includes joy!
"So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you." (John 16:22)
The enemy can only steal what is unguarded, so if we take hold of and protect the promise of joy that jesus has given us we will never be without!
I know trials occur and the world can appear to be closing in, suffocating you with black.
I spent ages 14-16 in that darkness, never really feeling happiness.
I faked it, while I let people and circumstances crush me.
Years 16-19 I've been learning how to feel;
to believe in joy again
even when things don't seem to be going my way.
"Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds."(James 1:2)
Sometimes I think, "If you only knew, Liah"
If I only knew that joy is mine through Jesus that no one, no thing is allowed to take it, then I could've spared myself so much heartbreak,
so much numbness.
But then I wouldn't be me
and I wouldn't know that light is never really gone, that although cloudy days occur and the sun seems to have disappeared, it's always right behind the clouds.
The value of this God-given joy is remarkable and should be taken for all that it is worth.
"But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness and faithfulness." (Galatians 5:22)
Chose today to walk in joy!
No matter the circumstances
"For our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name." (Pslams 33:21)
Why spend another day in darkness? Depression? Sadness?
Be joyful and trust Him in the dark and the light will soon reveal itself.
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