Overjoyed

There is sunshine in your smile so that means that you have the ability to make clouds move and change the complexion of someone’s day.  You are able to dry up the rain that has fallen in someone’s life.  Your laughter is like a cool breeze on a warm day.  With all of these gifts from God at your disposal why should you be sad.  On this day let your joy shine through so that you can change the world.  You look better when you smile, but you also make someone else better when you smile.

Good morning to everyone!  I pray that today has started in the way that you expected, if not be no dismayed.  Take encouragement in the fact that sometimes speed bumps in the road are meant to slow you down for your own good.  Stop signs are not permanent.  You are still on your way to victory, God just wants to get you there safely!

I think that it is important sometimes to stop and look around at what we have.  It is so easy to get caught up in what we want, and need.  Sometimes what we have goes straight to the back of our mind.  We want a new car, a new job, or a new home, and those could be more than wants, in some cases they are needs.  However, God has promised us that He will supply everything for us, so let us take a moment to look around and be overjoyed.  God has given you life!  God has given you the ability to make a living!  If you are reading this email, God has given you the ability to read!  If someone is reading this email to you, God has given you the ability to listen!  When we give God the praise for the little things in our life, please believe that the big things are on the way.

Dear Reader let your mouth be full of praise and your heart will be overjoyed!  You will still go through the rain, and everything may not be perfect, but when you  know that all things are working for you good, you can smile through it all.  When you know that no weapon that is formed to destroy you shall prosper you can smile in the face of adversity.  When there is everlasting joy in your heart you can wake up knowing that whatever the day has for you, God still has a watchful eye on you.  Happiness is temporary, but joy is forever.  God made you the way that you are on purpose.  There is not a spot or hair on your body that happened by accident.  Find joy in the mirror when you look upon the beauty that makes nature take a second look.  You are a masterpiece created by the Master and He has never made a brushstroke in error.  Yes, everything may not be perfect in your life, but I want to encourage you on this day to see the blessings that are around you and be overjoyed. Let your praises go up and your blessings will come down.

You are beautiful, you are loved, and you are blessed

John Reed