SHOUT FOR JOY O DAUGHTER
OF ZION!
We have entered into the Third Week of Advent. We have
proclaimed our faith in the Coming of Our Savior and have reflected on what we
could do better as Children of God. This reflection and examination of
conscious challenged us and how we have conducted ourselves in this life of
ours. Through it we may have made some commitments regarding what we can do
differently to bring us closer to God. Hopefully there has been some sort of
transformation as we proceed towards our glorious reunion with our God and
Creator. If not, we can still pray for
the Holy Spirit to open our hearts, minds, and souls to Jesus’ everlasting love
and mercy; especially during this Season of Advent.
The message this week is simple: pure joy! Jesus invites us
to celebrate the fact that we are his children and are destined for salvation
because of his infinite mercy. Jesus loves us for who we are. He cries for us
when we sin and turn away from him. All that he wants for us is to love him in
return and experience life as it was meant to be with its creator at its center
and us partaking in his glory. We are fortunate to have an advocate such as
Jesus walking with us and showing us the way.
Paul asks us to rejoice in the Lord always because he can
free us from all of our baggage and anxieties. Through prayer and partaking in
our religious life we are able to become closer to him and engage in a
thoughtful and loving relationship that transcends the boundaries of this
physical world. Through this relationship our love and trust in the Lord can
grow and lead us to a prosperous life. Anxiety, stress, pain, and hardship are
not things that God created. These are things that we in our humanness have
embraced. Jesus encourages us to let these go and focus on him. As long as we
focus on him we are then able to be happy.
Through the happiness we experience with God our faith will
be strengthen and our trust will increase. Trusting in God always will enable
us to endure all trials and tribulations and experience a wondrous grace that
has been hidden from us because of an ignorance that has surrounds us because
of Satan. It is only Satan who wants us to be separate from our Creator and be
alone within this beautiful creation.
Joy is the key to love. Be happy that Jesus loves us and
will never abandon us.
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