Season of Joy

Five Minute Friday time again!  (A five minute free write)

Joining the linkup:  Kate Motaung and  Dance with Jesus

So the word prompt for this one is JOY... 1, 2, 3, GO!

This word is very appropriate for me now... for two reasons.  One, the Christmas season is one of joy, and two, for me personally it has been a season of joy. 

Christmas joy... this joy is because it represents the moment God stepped into time... into human flesh... so that He could heal the world of brokenness and sin by His perfect love and grace...

And my joy... this joy is because I have been set free...

While I understood the gospel some years ago, and was then set free from sin's bondage and gained entrance into eternal life, and given God's spirit and abundant life for this side of heaven, I was recently set free in a whole new way.

For the first time in a long time, probably about five and a half years, I am completely free of bitterness and unforgiveness, and at peace, and I have complete JOY.  

I got a divorce about eight months ago and God has been healing me with His amazing love.  

God can take away hurt, and wash away resentment, and cleanse wounds, and restore and bring wholeness and freedom. 

GOD IS SO GOOD!  He took away tears of pain and gave tears of joy!

Seek God... trust Him... and anything is possible...

I can come to Him, totally undone, steeped in despair, torn apart and broken, and He can release me from it and replace that with peace, hope, and joy.

Praise God for a love that never lets go, never gives up, but instead holds tight, and waits patiently, and steps in to satisfy and overwhlem in the most amazing way.

1 Chronicles 16:34 (NASB) "O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; For His lovingkindness is everlasting."

Psalm 63:7 (NASB) "For You have been my help, And in the shadow of Your wings I sing for joy."