I will choose to find joy

Its really hard to make some choices. Some choices are pretty simple and easy to make. Like, where do you want to eat? Or, chocolate or vanilla ice cream? Where do you want to go on vacation or who should we invite for dinner? But then there are some other choices that make life a bit more of a challenge…like, smile when someone snaps at you, or not say anything when the words are being thrown at you and they are not true. And then, Jesus says something that can be interpreted like the above…choose to find joy in the journey set before you. I can choose to gripe, I can choose to worry or I can choose to find joy. It doesn’t really chance the journey but it does change my heart. It’s much harder than it sounds. It’s much harder than it looks and it’s much harder when it’s my journey and not me telling someone else to choose the joy. But, it is a choice….to choose joy…