A Ticket to the Joy Parade :)

I am a firm believer that nothing is an accident and that all things happen for a reason.  Sometimes we might run into a person we haven’t seen for awhile, we may see something throughout the course of our days that might remind us of something that we’re supposed to tend to, or a song might pop into our heads and we just can’t quite shake it!!!  It plays in our heads all day and then we finally realize that it’s meant for us as a message.  That happens to me a lot.  I might wake up first thing in the morning automatically with a song immediately getting lodged in my thinker.  That’s happening to me right now and the culprit…The Joy Parade!!!

It’s crazy how one minute life is flowing perfectly and then BAM!  something happens to shake us up.  That’s life though.  We were never promised it would be easy.  We were promised that God would always be by our side.  Jeremiah 17:7 says “Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.”  That speaks volumes right there.  God’s got our backs!!!  He really does.  All we have to do is hang in there, pray, and seek him with all our hearts.  1 Chronicles 16:11 reminds us to seek him diligently...”Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always.”

When we seek we will find…always.  And when we pray and ask God for help…he is there…ALWAYS!

Mark 11:24 “Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.”

In those moments of despair when your chin is down and you’re having a hard time lifting it up remember this…”I will bend and I will sway, I will fight to stand up straight, when troubled winds blow my way…I won’t break!!!!  NEVER BREAK!!!!   

I guess maybe God’s reminding me to be happy because Jesus bought and paid for my ticket to the Joy Parade and for me to just feel thankful.

Yes that ticket to the JOY PARADE was paid in full for me, and for you,  and I ain’t jumpin off that happy train…for nothing!  So don’t you either!

Be the love!

Kelly ~