As I was cleaning and organizing my numerous journals and planners, I stumbled on one of my journal entry I wrote April 10, 2014 at 4:32pm at the Central library. There was no title on it.
Here it goes...
There is one philosophy that says that there is always a choice and there is no such thing as "No choice". Everything you do in life is based on the choices you've made, whether good or bad.
So everyday, I try to choose happiness over other things like sadness, grief, depression, stress , homesickness, loneliness and anger. Although, there are times I fail. It's hard to choose happiness especially when there are hard and difficult situations. When tough times come, happinedd fade away.
King David once wrote in Psalms "For our heart rejoices in Him, because we trust in His holy name." Despite of his adversities in life, still he was able to write about rejoicing. So I realized happiness is baded on circumstances while joy is deeper than that.
In Rick Warren's book "Choose Joy: Because Happiness Isn't Enough ", he 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 determined choice to praise God in every situation.
Wow! That is hard; to praise God in every situation. How could I even praise Him when I'm sick, when a family member died, when you're failing, when you're unemployed and full of debt.
Yet, just the assurance that God is sovereign in our life can make us shout for joy.
I hope I could always choose to be joyful despite and inspite of different circumstances. 💕
