I Choose JOY

I am so excited 
about this beautiful bracelet cuff that 

I purchased from Becky's 

Etsy Shop called Farmgirl Paints.


She even customized it to exactly what I wanted.
Isn't it the cutest thing!!!

I asked her to make my cuff with the words 
 CHOOSE JOY
for a very special reason.

This is Becky's photo of the cuff from her etsy shop. 

If you click on the photo it will take you directly there.

Those two words have gotten me through
 so many sad times in my life.
I liked the thought of having these words
stamped onto a bracelet
to remind me to dance in the rain
when I'm tempted to wallow in the puddle.


We usually have two choices in most things, 
the high road or the low road.


It doesn't mean that I am just bubbly and
a jar of happiness all of the time.
Thank goodness our  
Joy doesn't depend on that!


"Happiness
 isn't the absence of problems; rather, it 
is trusting in the midst of problems."
Elizabeth B. Brown


For I do believe one must take time to grieve
 appropriately over losses etc.


But....during those times of grieving,
 I think the joy part
comes in the form of a peace that only
God can give us.




"Inside peace grows from a security
 that emanates from
 trusting the limb that holds your
nest in the middle of life's waterfalls."
Elizabeth B. Brown- book The Joy Choice


♥~♥~♥~♥


Joy comes when you trust that God
 made YOU
who YOU are for a unique why."
Elizabeth B. Brown


I'm not sure my friend 
what you might be going 
through today. 
But I can't help but feel this
 post was meant for someone else besides me.
Sometimes we need a real live friend to take our hand
and grab us up out of that puddle
and then ask us to dance in the rain with them.


Nothing makes me happier than to have a
friend over to dance in the rain with me. So please
remember the invite if you need some help.


Actually, wouldn't it be fun to have a
string of friends
dancing in the rain together and
 not caring the least 
about how crazy some people might 
think we look with all of that JOY on our faces?
I LOVE THAT IDEA!!!
(and no umbrellas allowed!)


Big Joy-filled HUGS,