Hey friends, how are you today? How was your week? Winter has settled in my neck of the woods. She is here to stay. Our temperature has not risen beyond 25° all week. Snow and cold (as in freezing) have been the norm lately. Some days I want the beach and 90°. But that’s not my story, so….
Today will be a delightful, dazzling day. It’s not because I can determine the incidents of the day. Rather, I will choose to trust in the will of the God. He not only created the day but also directs the incidents of that day. In His Word, I’ve been told, I can find rest, comfort, and peace for my soul. The God of the Universe told me, He will never ‘leave me nor forsake me’.
He said, ‘even before the formation of the world, He knew me and my innermost being’. He told me He loved me. Whether I choose to believe it or not is up to me. Today, I choose to believe it. Today, I choose to be confident and certain. I choose to be courageous in what I know to be true. I know He ‘holds me in the palm of His Hand’.
Today, let us choose to see the beauty in a smile. Take note of a kind word. Appreciate a friendly wave. Enjoy an encouraging visit. Treasure a giving hand. Today will be a good day. I choose to change my approach. I choose to say, ‘not my will but Thine be done’.
Some days I allow my feelings to dictate my day. But though today began with below zero temperature, I choose to have a thankful day. What are you thankful for today?
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20 responses to “CHOOSING JOY TODAY”
I’m thankful for God’s provision of warmth on cold days and nights: warm clothes, blankets, heaters, and for good enough health to get up and move. God has been so good to provide what we need!
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Amen and amen 🙏🏽 Great is our God.
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We have choices to make every day, I choose to be thankful! Thank you for your encouraging words and lovely photos! I thank God for His mercies that are new every morning! I choose to trust the Lord!
❤️carmen
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Amen and amen. We have to make the choice to be thankful. There is so much in life for which we can be thankful. Our God is good and he does good
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What a beautiful, steady reminder. I love how you anchor the day not in circumstances—cold, snow, or shifting feelings—but in the unchanging character of God. That choice to trust His will, even when it doesn’t look like the “beach and 90°,” is such a quiet but powerful act of faith.
Your words echo that deep assurance Scripture gives us: that we are known, held, and never forsaken, long before the day even begins. And I really appreciate how you bring it down to the small, holy moments—a smile, a kind word, a giving hand—where gratitude actually lives.
Thank you for the gentle invitation to choose trust over feelings and thankfulness over temperature. Today, I’m thankful for reminders like this that reorient the heart back to truth.
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Our feelings are not truthful. They come and go. Our circumstances are viewed through our perspective which can be faulty. Our God is truth. His Word is truth.
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I’m thankful for slowly lengthening days, a little warmer temps here, and the beauty/contrast of every season. Real JOY is knowing Jesus!!
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Yes and 🙌🏽 warmer and longer days are a blessing from the Lord.
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I am thankful for today and all it brings. This moment is all we really have and we have the choice to enjoy it or not. I choose joy.
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Amen and amen 🙏🏽 that’s a choice. Our God gives that joy freely, we just have to receive it
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I love all the peaceful beautiful pictures! Thank you for the reminder to choose joy. We always have a choice to view circumstances from God’s perspective and we can ask him to help us do that. It’s only 20 degrees here in Virginia today. 🥶
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Brrr 🥶 I know that’s cold for Virginia. We’ve been cold and snowing for seemingly weeks. But we are blessed with warm home and great family
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The joy of the Lord is our strength and does not depend on our circumstances.
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Amen and amen 🙏🏽 He gives strength in our weaknesses
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Perspective changes everything. We can choose joy even when things seem negative.
Joy happens to be my word of the year so I love come across it and reflecting.
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My phrase of the year is “Choose Jesus, embrace Joy,” something similar 🤗
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Beautiful 😍
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It is mine too along with time. Time to choose joy. Wonderful and gracious is our GOD.
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Thanks for sharing your photos. I like ’em!
We are frigid over here, too. But the sun is shining, we have a warm home, and good food.
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Amen and amen 🙏🏽 although we have not seen the sun, I am thankful for a warm, noisy home and good food in the silence of the white snow
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