Full of It

Are you full of it? Not that, the other thing. Joy. The Crossing is doing a series on Joy, so back to my question -are you full of it? Joy is....what?

• Joy is having peace when you should have none
• Joy is the realization that your circumstances do not dictate your life, you do!
• Joy is having the hope of Jesus
• Joy is a chose made by you
• Joy is NOT a feeling

Before, during, and after cancer I had joy. Cancer did not dictate my life. Joy did, and I had to chose joy because everything else around screamed that I should be angry, sad, bitter, etc. Don't get me wrong, cancer was tough and I did have my moments of anger and sadness, but my heart always worshipped God. Jesus was a anchor point that my heart grabbed onto. He was the focus of my life because there were many times that I could have played the blame game and asked why. I had joy because God's Spirit is anchored in my life.

I am full of it. Happily so.