Do you ever feel like you're literally on an emotional roller-coaster? Most people do. Especially when they haven't grasped what true joy is. Are you tired of your emotions and happiness being as unpredictable as the wind? You're not sure when it's coming or how long it will stay. Joy, happiness in it's most pure form, is always with us no matter what life brings us.
I choose joy.
Yes, you can choose to be happy. In fact, the only way you can be happy is by choosing it, because if you don't then it will be as unpredictable as the wind. Your good and bad days will effect your happy feelings, but joy resides. True happiness; joy, is a choice. Joy is a gift from God and you have to accept it in order to experience it. Also, remember that this world (and your everyday circumstances) can't take away the gift of joy that God gives you.
What do you choose?
I know I've stressed that happiness is a choice, but did you know that you can choose to be depressed also? When someone starts to become depressed, they call it depressing (and yes, that's totally a verb) which means you are putting action behind it. So, what do you choose? I think you should choose Joy :)
Ask God to steady your heart (and your emotions)
Part of being joyful is being content. You don't have to see joy as being on an emotional high 24/7, it means that whatever hits you in life, your heart and emotions will be steady! Being content is such an amazing feeling . In Philippians 4:11, Paul said, "I have learned in whatsoever state I am in therewith to be content." When you're content, you aren't searching for the next emotional high, you're just happy with how life is but open enough for God to work on you more to be the person He created you to be.
Psalm 108: 1
God, my heart is steady. I will sing and praise you with all my being.
I choose joy.
Yes, you can choose to be happy. In fact, the only way you can be happy is by choosing it, because if you don't then it will be as unpredictable as the wind. Your good and bad days will effect your happy feelings, but joy resides. True happiness; joy, is a choice. Joy is a gift from God and you have to accept it in order to experience it. Also, remember that this world (and your everyday circumstances) can't take away the gift of joy that God gives you.
What do you choose?
I know I've stressed that happiness is a choice, but did you know that you can choose to be depressed also? When someone starts to become depressed, they call it depressing (and yes, that's totally a verb) which means you are putting action behind it. So, what do you choose? I think you should choose Joy :)
Ask God to steady your heart (and your emotions)
Part of being joyful is being content. You don't have to see joy as being on an emotional high 24/7, it means that whatever hits you in life, your heart and emotions will be steady! Being content is such an amazing feeling . In Philippians 4:11, Paul said, "I have learned in whatsoever state I am in therewith to be content." When you're content, you aren't searching for the next emotional high, you're just happy with how life is but open enough for God to work on you more to be the person He created you to be.
Psalm 108: 1
God, my heart is steady. I will sing and praise you with all my being.