Can’t Steal My Joy…
Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we’re in.
Study how he did it.
Because he never lost sight of where he was headed…
that exhilarating finish in and with God…
he could put up with anything along the way: cross, shame, whatever.
And now he’s there, in the place of honor, right along side God…
Hebrews 12:2-3
Joy…it is a word that we often substitute with happy, cheerful, glad, jolly, gleeful, lalala…All those words are all surface compared to JOY…When I think of JOY I imagine something so deep set in your soul that it can’t be stolen…that image helps me reconcile how I could have such moments of hope in the middle of the deepest despair of depression…
My foundation in Christ is what saved me from harming, or trying to harm myself in the moments that I just wanted to die…The foundation provided by my parents early in life that promises peace, hope, and love without promising comfort…
I’ve shared the story of finding some freedom from mental illness (here) and I’ve recently shared (here) how that freedom is not guaranteed…how I have a responsibility to go to a professional to have my medication managed…how I am unwilling to go back to that dark place…how there is too much ahead…too much for me to fulfill and if I am not the best I can be right now (cause I have A LOT of things to improve on) I won’t make progress…
Last week we shared with each other what won’t define us…and it was such a honor to watch how the submissions rolled in…to see how brave people, inspired others to be brave, which inspired even more people to be brave…
This week I think it could be freeing to share what we have stopped allowing, or what we now won’t allow, to steal our JOY…go here to remember how to participate and to see a slideshow of all the of the submissions…
I LITERALLY (and I mean that literally) can’t wait to see what you share…
I would love your feedback on what you think is working with the #discoverfreedomproject and what might not be working…what questions do you have? What are your suggestions for making this thing amazing?
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