Joy
Was just reading some blogs and had some thoughts about things in life. Being already 23 years old, having past through life as a young secondary school girl and stepping into a new walk in my life, there are a few things that I’ve learned about life itself.
A lot of times, we want to be happy and happiness have been the way we determined if we are succeeding well in life, or doing the right thing. It’s usually the emotions that gives us the security in our hearts, to keep us going and that’s what drives us with passion and love. Yet there were times when I find myself not feeling like doing the things that I used to love anymore. Especially now that I’m much older, there are some things that I may not feel the same way about. Yet, I still do it anyway.. simply because I still love it… beyond my own happiness.
So what keeps me going? What keeps me doing the things that I do, despite the failures and all that I would have felt along with it? It really all boils down to one thing and that is joy!
Joy is beyond emotions. Joy is a decision that you can choose to have!
Pastors always said we are not thermometers, but we are thermostats. We choose what we want to do at the end of the day, not because of our emotions, but because of what is right.
I continue to do the things that I love to do, because I know that it’s not for me, it’s for the lives of people. It’s for God at the end of the day… the glory goes to Him, instead of only making myself feel good.
The end result of this is that I’ll always find joy, even when I didn’t feel good doing it in the first place. At the end of the day, it’s your decisions, and your choice.
I choose to live a life beyond just emotions (while, emotions are a good thing!!)… I choose to live a life of decisions… because emotions are temporal, but decisions will determine your destiny, which is eternal.
Psalm 4:7 –
You have put gladness in my heart, more than in the season that their grain and wine increased.
Truly, real happiness and joy comes in God, the source. He alone can give us that joy that we need, and that gladness that we desire in our hearts!! 🙂