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Day 158: Water Your Joy!



August 20, 2020


My husband threw out grass seed all around our yard yesterday.  Then he watered it because it says to on the package.  It actually says water it every day for 2-3 weeks.  As hot as it is outside right now and as brick-like as the dirt is in our yard, if he doesn’t, it will probably never grow, and our money and his efforts will be wasted.  If we do our part, then we trust that God (nature) will do His part and we should have some pretty green grass where there is currently only dirt in a few weeks.  This reminds me of part of a Lauren Daigle interview that I heard on the radio yesterday.  She said something like, “Negativity is everywhere but it doesn’t have to grow and take over our lives or our attitudes.  Just don’t water it.”  We can’t control that negative things will happen in our day but, with God’s help we can control our reaction to it.  I have been struggling with a negative attitude a lot this week.  Everything at work (school) is uncertain and unfamiliar.  It feels like mass chaos.  (It is kind of is mass chaos.)  I can choose to be on “Team We Got This!” or on “Team We Will Never Figure This Out”.  The game will go on as scheduled no matter which team I am on.  Today I will choose to be on the positive team.  I will not water the seeds of negativity.  I can only keep this promise to myself if God is my coach.  James 1:2-3 (NIV) says: “ Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.”  Romans 15:13 says:  “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”  Water your joy today!  Smile and be joyful!

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