** Pure Joy **

Memories and moments of peace flood my soul and cause me to want to stop time. I wish I could stop time...and freeze it! What I wouldn't give to bottle it up and hold it close til it should be released. I am reminded that God has a purpose and time for all things and all situations. In the midst of a long week, I was reminded of the true meaning of God's timing and how He uses time to protect us. I was also reminded of what it is to have true joy for another person. You know the type of JOY that you wanna bottle up and release when you have a bad day. It's a JOY that has only been granted thru the Lord's peace. There are seasons of JOY...PURE JOY...JOY that the Lord presents as a gift so that we can truly experience His grace. Often times prior to a season of JOY, we go thru valley's where we struggle, and where a battle rages between what is good and what is right...// We have to be diligent thru the valley to see the season of PURE JOY! In the valley there are times to remain still and to be ever present with the Lord...to see His beauty...to feel His love...to know His heart...to hear His voice..and to feel His grace and mercy within the soul. To feel PURE JOY...is a gift...the gift of knowing that once you have endured time and allowed His Spirit to protect and guide...He will allow you to shine. Every day there is the PURE JOY...of knowing that I serve a God who makes my JOY complete! He may give me times of trouble, frustration, and hardships...but it's not to steal my JOY...but to make my JOY stronger and to purify my soul. ** May you find PURE JOY in the memories and moments of peace that flood the soul **