Philippians 4: 4 Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.
I’ve been thinking about writing a post on Rejoicing for the last couple of weeks, but I’ve been putting it off. I have no idea why, but I have. This week I’m finally doing it!
I’ve been thinking a lot about rejoicing. How people do it and when they do it. Have you ever noticed how easy it is to rejoice when things are going well.
When your at a wedding it’s easy to rejoice with the bride and groom. When your at a birthday party it’s easy to rejoice with your friends and have a great time laughing and joking. When your getting together with friends for the fun of it, it’s easy to rejoice with.
Let’s not forget when a baby is born or someone is getting baptized or whatever else. It’s so easy to rejoice with those people.
What about during bad times. What about when someone is sick. When someone passed away. When you’re going through a hard time or know someone who is. Or anything else like this.
The Bible tells us to rejoice always. But it isn’t easy to rejoice during sad or difficult times. I have found for myself I’ve had to remind myself during hard, sad times to put a smile on. To find something to rejoice in at that sad moment. Like when my mom passed away. I was heartbroken that she was gone. At the same time I knew I would see her again one day. That is a comfort to me.
For me it’s easy to rejoice in good times and I do my best to remind myself to rejoice in bad times. To find one thing about that situation that can make me rejoice. Doesn’t matter how small I cling to that one thought to get me through it.
What about you?