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Uncontainable Joy

Published on 3:15 PM By Aunica
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A) Joy. What a blessing it is to feel Joy again, and in general to have my emotions at least 90% returned. To be able to sympathize, to be able to empathize, to be able to laugh and cry along with others. (Romans 12:15) To have feelings and emotions once again after a draining summer. To open my bible and desire God. Desiring God - I definitely missed that emotion. The first few days my passivity kind of scared me to be honest, to come home from an extremely challenging and growing summer and feel passive about God was anything from what I expected. But God used that time to allow me to really soak up what I had learned and attempt to figure out how to apply it.
B)This week has been better. So much better. I feel overflowing with the joy of Christ and completely content in His love. After weeks of praying that I would somehow be able to accept the love of Christ - I feel like God has helped me break through a wall. Whether or not there are other walls to come I haven't found out yet - but for the moment that wall has been broken down and progress is being made. God loves me. I don't need to feel guilty necessarily. And the love of Christ is all I need.
C)At this point, I could be shoved into the jungle in the middle of South Africa with only my bible and a backpack (preferably with a knife of some sort. I would rather have SOME way to defend myself. Mechanical pencils just don't do the job) I would be happy. No distractions. Just me and Jesus. Being pushed into situations where I have to completely rely on His strength and not my own is just so good. I like it.
D)I like being challenged and not just going through daily routine passively passing the time. Monotonous days are not for me. I like adventure. Challenges. Spontaneity. I like the new testament. And the old testament.
E)I'm getting pumped for this semester's quiet times. I go through the old testament first semester and new testament second semester. It's good. Praise the Lord for the accessibility of His word.
F)At the same time, we take it for granted. There are people in other countries who have just a couple pages of the bible between multiple churches because it's illegal there, and they treat it with so much more value. The value that it deserves. Here? It's like pearls in front of swine. We have so many translations and ways to get them that we allow it to collect dust on our bookshelves and only take it down once a week for church. Guess what? That's not what its about. It's about the insane joy of opening your bible and realizing what God has given us. His word. And it is such a sweet realization to come to.
G)This week? Joy through Christ. Joy in my quiet times. Joy through opening my bible and knowing that God is doing great things whether I know it or not. He is good. He is in control. Control idol? Meet Jesus.
H) The book of James. I love it. So much. It convicts me in new ways each time I study it. I like being convicted? Somewhat. I'm not really sure if that's normal or not, but the realization that I have room to grow and that God is still working in my life is just good. He is the artist I am His statue. He is constantly chipping away at my sin and molding me into the woman that He made me to be. Mmm growth. So good.
I) I like finding joy in the little things. Like finishing off a foot long sub at subway. Eating insane amounts of fruit with no regrets. Seeing a particularly steep grassy hill and deciding to roll down it.
Praise the Lord for laughter and the ability to smile.
Aunica

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