Go out With Joy

You will indeed go out with joy and be peacefully guided; the mountains and the hills will break into singing before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.

Instead of thorn bush, a cypress will come up, and instead of the brier, a myrtle will come up; it will make a name for Yahweh as an everlasting sign that will not be destroyed. Isaiah 55:12,13

Now, who wants to go out to work today with joy? I do! I remember the first time I experienced such joy, the night I opened my heart to Jesus. The next morning, without much sleep, I went to work dancing on air. I had found the lover of my soul, we were now friends. After searching for Him for 19 years I found Him and would never let Him go.

Joy and peace, the type God gives, far outweighs the false peace we might experience from a day off, a holiday, a sweet movie or book. When the peace is tested, God's peace stands, all else fails.

Jesus told the crowds that their Heavenly Father gives them good gifts. If we ask for bread, He would not give us a stone. Instead of a thorn bush, a Cyprus will come up. Today I expect to see God's goodness in the land of the living. When the earth will give the thistles and thorns, God gives the beautiful shrubs and trees. Why will God do this? To show He is indeed good and He loves me. Amen!