There You Are

Nothing can dim the beauty that shines from within!

Let your Light Shine today!

I hope this message encourages and inspires your heart to let your Joy be
restored again. See that life is worth living and that you have much to
be thankful and grateful for.


There You Are…

I misplaced my joy this morning. I woke up to find it missing like a set
of lost keys. I started looking for it everywhere. I looked for it in the
morning paper. It wasn’t there. I looked for it in my books. It wasn’t
there. I looked for it in some music. It wasn’t there. I looked for it
while I ate breakfast, got the kids ready for school, and headed out the
door this morning, but I couldn’t find it anywhere.

When I finally got back home I decided to take a walk. I thought that if I
couldn’t find my joy then at least I could get some exercise. The last
leaves of Autumn were thickly covering the ground. I walked for a while on
this beautiful, crunchy carpet and breathed in the fresh, cool air. It was
so peaceful and wonderful. After walking for a bit I stopped and smiled. I
suddenly knew where to look. I glanced down and saw my joy peeking up at
me from deep inside my soul. It had been sitting there right next to my
love and God’s love just waiting for me to find it. “Ah, there you are,” I
said. Then I laughed at myself for not knowing where to look all along.

It is amazing how we so often look for joy in every single place except the
only place where it can truly be found, within ourselves. We are like a
person running around searching for the glasses that are perched on the
top of his head. We need to stop the search. We need to look deep into our
souls and see the joy that has been sitting there all along. It isn’t
hidden and it isn’t hard to find. It is there shining brightly right next
to God’s love and our love. It is just waiting for us to smile down and
say, “Ah, there you are.”

Reach down and grab that joy today. Choose it, rejoice in it, and live in
it. Take it along with your love and God’s love and share it with the
world. And if you ever misplace it again remember where to look for it first.


Rejoice in God’s Message of Love for you today:

Matthew 5:14-16 Jesus declares, “Ye are the light of the world. A city that
is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it
under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it gives light unto all that are
in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your
good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.”
PRAISE GOD
BLESSED BE THE ONE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD