The Year of Joy

So I have been asked a number of times "What is your New Years Resolution?" and I resolved last year that I would never have one again. I think that it is infeasible to try and commit to something for that long, we are far too fickle creatures. So last year I decided that I would resolve to one new thing each month and then if at the end of the month I wanted to quit I could guilt free. It was a great success.
While I do not want to resolve to change something for an entire year, I have decided that I want a theme for all the month resolutions that I make. The theme for this year is Joy. I want to do only things that bring me joy or things that lead me to things that bring me joy. Last year was a year of dealing with really hard things and starting the healing process. I believe that they next step in the healing process is embracing joy. Joy is not dependent on my circumstances but on my savior and the things he has enabled me to do.
This year I ask for your help as well friends. If you see me doing something or living in such a way that joy is not present pull me aside and ask me about it. There will be circumstances that make me unhappy, but through that joy should still be present. So my prayer and resolution this year are that joy will permeate my life and that I will remain fixed on Him through all trials and tribulations.

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

~ Romans 15:13

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