Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I say rejoice!

Now the question I am asking myself is, am I really doing this in my life? Is each day joyful, because of the hope I have in the Lord? What really is joy, hope? Often it seems to be a feeling of light heart, of knowing there are good or better things in store for us. Joy comes with the morning, we are told...and I know that it usually does look better each morning. But I also know it only stays better if I put God first in the morning, and then keep my eyes on Him as much as I can that day. Because how often can we get sucked back into a mire by day's end? To where our problems seem stacked up against us? But this is not what God has in mind for us. He wants us to live life abundantly, and to prosper.

Jeremiah 29:11-14

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you," declares the Lord, "and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places I have banished you," declares the Lord, " and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile."

So today, I go seeking God, I pray with all my heart, for his hope is here! And if I seek, if you seek, we will find Him.

Knock, seek, ask.