That was me to my brother, Kevin, yesterday! It’s incredible how every conversation with him has been sacred, including one we had last night that lasted only five minutes. I invited not only me, but my four kids and my nephew to have dinner with him, and without missing a beat, he says, “Come! I will treat you and the kids to dinner.” I’m talking about such genuine love, generosity, and kindness. May we all learn to be kinder because I believe anything we do for another is rewarded back to us by God Himself.
“I wank to suck up your joy!!!” I also said to Kevin. He exudes (display (an emotion or quality) strongly and openly) JOY. Again, we can all work on upping our game in this department. God told me this in a recent appointment with Him when I locked up in my closet with Him crying, saying I was tired of being sad:
“For Jesus’ Cross, the Holy Cross, is NOT a source of sadness or depression, but of peace and joy. However, if it is a human or imaginary cross we are carrying on our shoulders, or one which is the result of interior rebellion against the true Cross, then indeed we become sad and worried. But this weight and preoccupation can disappear from your life and cease to drain you; all you have to do is open the eyes of faith and decide to cut the wings of your imagination…
You are carrying on your shoulders a weight which is as atrocious as it is ridiculous (God was lovingly correcting me of the nonsense stuff I carry around with me in my head!)– a weight which you imagine is a mountain and in fact is a grain of sand. They are ghosts created by your mind, bogey-men your imagination decks out in vivid colors, giving them huge terrifying hands, and swift, agile legs. These are what are chasing you and filling your soul with sorrow and agitation (TOTALLY ME AT THAT VERY MOMENT!!!). A little assertion of your life of faith would be enough to make them disappear. Don’t you realize how easily they can be got rid of.” – Jesus as Friend by Salvatore Canals
As Kevin and I discussed yesterday, I can’t say I’m rolling with God and walk around looking sad. Sadness is for people who don’t trust God. Anything I’m worried or sad about is an area I’m not trusting God to handle on my behalf and allowing the crazy lady in my head to convince me otherwise.
Not everything is in our control, but God is the ultimate Controller, and we have to trust that He is taking care of the problematic parts with us. It’s just for us to show up, give our best and leave the rest with Him! Wink! Wink! He got us! And this provides us with the JOY, peace, and strength to face our days confidently! Crazy lady, please go away and stop telling me all this foolishness that I should be sad about. I’m trusting God here! Thanks, God and Kevin, for being my guard rails and keeping me on the right path. (HUGE SMILE)
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.” – Proverbs 3:5-6 NKJV