rejoice!

Do you ever just focus on the goodness in the journey?  This blog is entitled "The Beautiful Journey", and through every circumstance, trial, victory, triumph, joy, pain and season I've been able to count it all joy and call my life beautiful.  That could only be the Lord.  I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that there is nothing that comes your way that you cannot choose to walk through, learn something from and rejoice at the end.  I'm only writing this to emphasize the significance of rejoicing.  Life isn't easy, but we are called to live.  The time and the season is right now and always to lift your hands and rejoice.  Rejoice that the Lord blessed you with a life and use that life giving of yourself and blessing others.  The risks and challenges sometimes outweigh the benefits, but if we always did things in accordance to how much we benefitted, we'd never learn lessons (sometimes the lessons are the benefits).  If you spend your time focusing on why things are the way they are you miss out on the time that is intended to be time of growth.  Your perspective shifts when you realize that through the great times and especially through the tough times, the Lord is still good.  Take it easy today, be filled with joy about how great the Lord is and how intentional he is about guiding us, and rejoice.

I just stopped by real quick to encourage you today.