BE HAPPY!!!

What do people see in me as I go about my everyday life? As a true believer in Christ Jesus, do I have joy? Growing up, I don't remember very joyous people who claimed to know and love God. That bums me out because I grew up going to church but never really got the message that Christians were supposed to be happy because they have been saved by grace! God has really gotten a hold of me over the last few years so I feel like I'm learning more about God and myself more than ever before! God is good all of the time. So times when I feel that sense of hopelessness in this life, I need to remind myself that my name is written in the book of life! I need to give it all to the One who loves me and to be joyful! GOD IS GOOD ALL OF THE TIME!!! I'm so thankful that I SEE now! Too many years wasted because of selfish blindness and self pity but God is merciful and full of grace!