JOYOUS SUNDAY

JOY
Joy is not a gift but a choice.
According to the Oxford dictionary, it is defined as a feeling of great happiness.
According to the Bible joy is not like happiness which is based upon happenings, whether things are going well or not. No, joy remains amidst suffering.
Rick Warren defined joy as the settled assurance that God is in control of all the details of my life, the quiet confidence that ultimately everything is going to be alright and the stringed choice to praise God in every situation.
Most people define joy as a feeling of happiness, when everything is going on well and you are smiling and laughing a lot. Many tie and limit their joy to their career success, academic success, getting married, spouses, relationship and other material things. But have you ever asked yourself this question "what happens when it is gone? Will I still be joyous when they are taken from me? "
When you choose a wrong choice of joy and it gets attacked we loose focus, it begins to feel like the world is closing in on us. We begin to loose our strengths, gradually our health deteriorates , we start to loose inspiration and direction, and finally fall into depression.
We must learn to to be joyous and happy regardless of what happens around us. You know why?  Because, we can't control what happens around us but we have the ability to control what happens in us.  Don't tie your joy to things or to a person because we can't control who they are or want to be.
It is a trying time for the world but we must not let that attack our joy,  Before this pandemic a lot of people limited their joy to clubbing, social drinking, hangouts etc but now this things are temporarily no more, so what next?.  That  is why we have be careful during this self isolation period because if not managed well, one can fall into depression.. learn to set daily goals, learn new things and be happy regardless.
Always remember "joy is not  gift but a choice so choose wisely"