Joy and enthusasim.

Hello,
How's life?
I hope that you're good.
Sometimes it feels a bit lonely out here.
So grab yourself a cup of tea, and just relax.

It's nearing the end of Lock down, and I'm so proud of our family, and what we've done so far.
It isn't over just yet. we haven't had cabin fever.

Before I start, I want to pull my chair closer, and talk to the people who have lost loved ones in this lock down.
 and going through grief, which is very real and raw.

My thoughts and prayers are with you.

We might be struggling, emotionally, physically mentally about this lock down.
it is a new thing, we haven't gone through something like this ever.

So that is a new grief, but we know that in the battle, there's someone stronger in the storm.

So it feels like an oxymoron and somewhat hypercritical, talking about joy and enthusasim.

Life throws us curve balls, there are beautiful things in the valleys,   it's where we do the most growing, and the lord gave me a word this morning on  my walk.

It was flourish, and that's where everything is green and beautiful, now we might not be all flourishing at the moment, perhaps you're in that grief stage, or pehaps you've got so much joy, that the lord has on your heart, and all you want to do is share it.
Go ahead, share and encourage others, that it's not over yet.

Personally, for me, I am in that stage of new things, I pray over each child, on the tearfund page, and I see that my little Grace, been taken off the sponser page.
And my friend Mary, went over to see her sponsored child get their uni digree.
for me, that is the ultamate goal right there.
You've broken the cycle of poverty.

And that is what makes me excited, that you have the father heart of God, you've seen them and you've done something about it.
You've acted out of complete love. for a child, one least than these, that even a cup of cold water is blessed.

I appreciate that you've got your own families, to care about, and your own things to worry about, but if there's something left over why not give it to God.

I was reading in our family time book, that we did as kids, that joy and enthusiasm is like medicine to the bones it makes them strong.

So if you're mourning, for something lost, or if you're in that valley stage.
Make a choice today, that you're going to choose the mood, to have joy.

It will lift you up from that pit, you're in and start to breathe new life.

Blessings.
Chloe