Rejoice!

I'm doing a Bible study this month with a friend of mine and since it's the month of November, most of the verses are about giving thanks and rejoicing.  Our verse for today was Psalm 118:24: This is the day which the LORD hath made; I will rejoice and be glad in it.

When I emailed my friend my thoughts on today's verse, I wrote this:

"This is the day which the LORD hath made; I will rejoice and be glad in it...even if it kills me!"

Why?  Because some days are not always pleasant and filled with happy people or situations.  In fact some days are just like the book  by Judith Viorst, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, but what we CHOOSE to do with our circumstance will be up to us.

Will I rejoice and be glad in it?

Or will I make myself miserable all day long nursing a pity party?

Habakkuk 3:17-18 says this:  Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:  Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

No matter what comes my way today, I have a choice.  What will I choose?  I choose JOY!

    But that's just me!

Real joy is not found in the best moments of life, but in trusting that God is making the best of every moment-Anonymous

"In the absence of all other joys, the joy of the LORD can fill the soul to the brim."  C.H. Spurgeon