zutreffende Freude (true joy)
As much as people (including myself =]) try to have joy in this world and the things of it sometimes, it's impossible to have joy without being centered on Christ! Only by God's grace and praising Him no matter what happens...that's when joy kicks in. You don't always see it when you're comfortable and don't you think you "need" Him or that's what you think. By suffering and seeing God is the only answer, that's when joy comes in. You know and see that, you could fail in life, loose everything, or anything else, and God will still love you! Many times I "think" I am loosing something but I am gaining everything that I truly want and need by falling back on Him and trusting Him with it! I can say from deep in my heart that God has been there...always been there! I run from Him, I get mad at Him, I ignore Him...but no matter what He draw's me back to Himself. It still amazes that He loves me...and I sometimes ask myself why, but I just look to the cross and it hits me like a baseball flying in from the outfield...WOW, He loves me =]]] Oh, wie Er uns liebt! (Oh how He loves us!) Sehen Sie und werden heute gesegnet Sie durch, wie viel er Sie liebt! (See and be blessed today by how much He loves you!) ***I was trying hard to upload a song from my iTunes for you but it failed :/So I will just give you the link of the youtube version with words and all if you would like to hear the song! I strongly encouarage you to listen to it! It's called 'How He loves' by David Crowder. It is one of my favorite songs and most always brings tears to my eyes! May you be blessed by it too!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWgeUrD4MHI
Thank you so much for sharing this today Hannah! The joy of the Lord is your strength! =) (Neh. 8:10) Love you!
ReplyDeleteI am amazed that He loves me too! I love how He always draws me gently back to Him when I stray, usually through some pain in my life. I am so thankful for hard times- makes me come back to rely on Him and His Fatherly arms.
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