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Rejoice

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Rejoice forevermore. 1 Thessalonians 5:16

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Rejoice in the gift of grace,
a new day to make a difference,
renewed faith,
learning patience, mercy, compassion and wisdom.
Knowing we love and are loved.
Rejoice always and forever more.

Failure isn’t failure,
unless you don’t get up.
Rejoice and rise,
opportunity and tomorrow
are mirror words.
Make the choice to rejoice.

Poetry: Sharon Vander Meer

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Rejoice and Be Glad

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SunriseThis is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. ~ Psalm 118:24 (NIV)

Glory hallelujah! We have every reason to rejoice and be joyful. When we enter each new day with an attitude of optimism life is sweeter. In Anne Lamott’s book, “Help, Thanks, Wow, The Three Essential Prayers,” she encourages the simple approach to prayer. It doesn’t take a deluge of words to get your message across to the one and only present and loving God. Ask for help when you need it, give thanks all the time and don’t forget to acknowledge the “wow” moments with awe and praise.

Sunrise is a wow moment. Rejoicing in the gift of life is a wow moment. The birth of a child, the touch of a mother, the strength of a father, these are all wow! moments. Life is full of wow moments. The heart-stopping, heartbreaking moments come as well, but not in the abundant way the wow moments come. When they do come, we can still rejoice in the Lord for he is standing with us. “Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.” Psalm 23:4. NIV

Rejoice. What an awesome word. It means to be happy and to make someone else happy. You can’t beat that as a way of life.

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