If you didn’t see my post yesterday, take a moment now to read it so you will be caught up- to-date.

So, I decided to choose JOY yesterday when physically, mentally, and well maybe spiritually I just didn’t feel JOYful. So what happened? Well, what do you think happens when a Christian obeys the LORD? He blesses it–as His word tells us. Some people fall into the “stinky thinking” that you just can’t CHOOSE to be happy. Hogwash!!! I say! Don’t let Satan keep you in a dark depression! Just take 5 minutes to make a list of things to be thankful. Are you breathing? Ok, that’s one. Do you have clothes on? That’s two. Have you eaten in the last day? Ok, there’s three. Keep going! We are far more blessed than most people are.

Now don’t think I am making light of depression. Believe me, I know! I have been there. I have lived there. I have had times in my life when my body and heart ached so much that I couldn’t even read a Bible verse, let alone make sense of it! Sometimes my anxious mind would play over the “what ifs?” so many times I didn’t even know what was real anymore. Depression is real. Depression in itself is NOT sin. However, it can easily become sinful if we wallow there too long.

So yesterday, I got out of bed and chose JOY! Today I am doing the same thing and this is the verse the LORD gave me today.

The King shall joy in Thy strength, O LORD, and in Thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! Psalm 21:1

Isn’t He wonderful? EnJOY every moment of today!