Welcome to Day 23 of #write31days!
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It’s also Friday today, so I am linking up with my friends at Five Minute Friday.
It’s fall. Leaves are turning brown, yellow, and red. The sun shines less often, the sky is often dark and cloudy. Slowly by slowly, it’s getting colder.
People replace their shimmering thin summer clothes with gray or brownish thick coats. They pull out gloves and hats to cover themselves.
Heads vanish under giant hats and caps, faces are bowed low.
Smiles disappear from faces, who would have anything to be happy about in this weather?
It seems like joy is sucked out and in comes grumpiness, haste, worry about what will be tomorrow.
This is what I see around me, this is how I often feel. As soon as it is October I become moodier. Some call it “Winter blues”, others just call it ‘life’.
There will always be times when joy disappears, life just sucks it out of us and we’re left with empty, desperate, needy souls.
Joy doesn’t come easy, but is often found in unexpected places. If we train our hearts and eyes to look for it, we’ll find more joy than we think.
A group of students who enjoyed a lesson and laughed with me.
A text from a friend saying ‘Just thinking about you’.
A care package with delicious foods to get you through a busy week.
A ray of sunlight on a really cloudy day.
A reminder that He is still sovereign and His joy does not depend on mere happenings.
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THIS: “Joy doesn’t come easy, but is often found in unexpected places. If we train our hearts and eyes to look for it, we’ll find more joy than we think.” So true!
Thanks, Tara