We want to be overcomers with nothing to overcome. Courageous with nothing to fear. Loving with no catalyst to hate. Servants with no jerks to serve. Givers without our wallets involved. Carriers of causes instead of crosses. And Jesus is way too good to let us get away with it.
Guard your joy. Don’t let people rob you of it. Joy comes from God. It keeps us buoyed in furious squalls. It confounds our enemies & feeds our hope. Have guts enough to draw some boundaries between yourself and people or places that consistently demoralize you. You get your joy.
I know that everyone is predicting that this summer will be less fun than summers in the past but by this time last year, I already had poison ivy twice. So I’m peachy