Rejoice in the Lord always.

I've tried to begin blogging so many times, and it has never seemd to work. I'm thinking, maybe I'm trying to fit a mold, or model my blogs on those I've been reading, and it's just not...me. Maybe the "teacher" in me needs to take a seat back and stop trying to follow a pattern, and just ...well...blog.


After all, my mind is not a well-thought-out center-piece, all nicely fashioned and ready for viewing (whew), so maybe I should not try to blog like that.

Maybe I just need to write random thoughts, and maybe somehow, they might make sense to someone reading. They do to me, but then again, how often do our random thoughts make sense to others. That belongs to the genre of great communicators, I guess, which I think I am not.

Anyway, my random thoughts for today....

What I have learned most in the last year, is that the greatest killer of progress, of happiness, of fulfillment, is emotions. Fear, anxiety, depression...all sneak up given the slightest oppotunity and take away the reality of the promises of our God. Maybe not take them away, but they sure do a good job of blurring our vision.

And yet, God's Word commands us to rejoice. Not a suggestion, mind you, but a command. A double command at that too. "Rejoice in the Lord, always. Again I say it. Rejoice" I guess that means that those uncontrolled emotions can be tamed. A bit like trying to tame a tiger, at times, perhaps, but still, a possibility. Guided by the Word of God, that one reality reamins true and unchanging, no matter the circumstances.

Off to rejoice now.


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