Annie~Joy writes: Everlasting Joy And Temporary Happiness. #BeInspired!
A
lot of research has been done about this particular word, "joy" which
turn out to be a feeling. The research was done in order to know if it
had an opposite word but joy has proven itself to stand alone and has
even given birth to gladness. It is everlasting and also it is a feeling
God kept in every individual.
Happiness is a temporary feeling. You can
find happiness in a particular thing and later you will realize that
the happiness is lost. Joy does not have an opposite, instead, it gives
birth to another feeling called, gladness while sadness contradicts
happiness. Therefore when happiness is not experienced, sadness takes
place. As a living soul you do not need to put most interests in
material things as way of being happy.
There are so many occasions the
Bible talked about joy. The Bible talks about the joy of the Lord being
our strength and I was glad when he said unto me, let us go into the
house of God. Do not forget gladness is inside joy and joy was placed
within you by God therefore it cannot be destroyed.
That is how come as a
believer, whenever you are going through tough times in life with more
challenges at peak, you will still have this unique feeling that things
can get better. This comes as a result of the joy born in you. Normally,
joy works in tandem with happiness. You get the job then you find
happiness in it and when you become devoted joy takes over in order for
you to enjoy your stay.
That is how come even though, you may not be
happy where you are yet you have joy. In as much as you do not like
where you are, you are still able to make your stay there fun which come
as a results of joy. Sometimes, you examine your life and you get sad
simply because you are not where you want to be or where you choose to
be but you have this internal feelings that things can really get
better.
The Joy in you keeps you moving to accept things you may have no
option than to reject with the intention that it is for a season. You
do not need to be treated special before you can be happy. You do not
need a lot people around you before you can be happy. If understand
there is joy in you, you can live a life by making your own self happy
because it is joy that boosts you to have happiness in something.
Assuming
you have a TV game and you are always happy to be around it but as time
went on it destroyed. The next feeling that shows up is sadness for the
loss but joy comes in and calm you by reminding you; "it is true it
have lost your TV game been but do not forget you had fun with it if not
much definitely small, which is more than enough therefore have this
joy within that you are getting another TV game sooner than later".
Irrespective
of how long it will take, you will go to school, you start that
project, you will get that job, you will surely leave your comfort zone.
This what joy can do. JESUS was not happy at the point when it was time
for Him to be crucified which made his sweat turn into blood. This was
as a result of the feeling of sadness that took place but joy took over
to remind Him of the victory after the crucifixion so he said; "Father,
Your will be done". Joy boosted His confidence level at that time. I
pray for the joy of the Lord for you so that you may have strength in
everything you do.
You do not need man to be happy. You can have joy in
yourself which helps you to do things that can make you happy and those
things cannot be destroyed. You see how excited you become when you
listen to a sermon and you love it. Sometimes, when you read the Bible,
you get this joy in you which makes you feel satisfied and strong. The
joy of the Lord which is in you, has made you believe that, "No weapon
formed against thee shall prosper". The joy has made you believe "what
lives in you is greater what lives on earth".
You cannot get excited
when you come across things and you do not give in for the internal joy
to push you. Here are some few things that can steal your joy;
comparison, low self esteem, hatred, lack of confidence and any other
thing that makes you feel not accepted. Out of these, the master thief
of joy is comparison. Comparing someone's way of living, that is, the
things the person possesses and the position the person is holding with
yours can block you from knowing who you are, what you have, what you
are yet to have and how unique you are.
Therefore, if you are someone
who compares mostly you can have the most expensive item in the world
and still be wishing for the others which are not expensive. For this;
there is no way joy can take place in you, may be happiness for a short
while and sadness takes over, as this can kill your internal joy. VALUE
what you have. Appreciate what you have and joy will stay with you
forever. If you give room for negative thoughts in your life, you will
live without identifying the joy in you.
Some people are excited about
life not because they have it all but because they have identified the
joy in them. Listen, you are your own happiness and you do not
necessarily need someone to be happy. Putting your happiness in someone
might always lead to sadness. Remember, how you present yourself helps
in the kind of treatment you will be given. If you present yourself as a
sad person, people will come around and continue with you from there
but if you present yourself as a joyful person, people will come around
to enjoy your company and find happiness with you which is everlasting.
Everything
internal in you is placed by God which cannot be taken away and nothing
made by God is odd. In that case, allow the internal joy in you take
hold of your life and you shall proclaim that life has being fair to
me.
A prayer made for you is that, may you
identify your internal joy and live life in it. Know that every external
joy can be taken away. The person you think your happiness is with can
be swept away by death but if you believe and accept you are your own
happiness, then nothing can really break you.
"it is in ourselves to find our own joy"
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Writer: Annie~Joy
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