Sun Chaser: What we've done

Monday, July 18, 2011

What we've done

We've turned joy into a virtue to strive for instead of allowing it to be the natural response to a revelation of the love of Christ.

- Me

I know others have said it before and probably said it better. I know it's true in my life. I've taken the "fruit" of the Spirit and tried to reproduce it in myself and by myself. All I get is a tasteless sham that doesn't sustain life. I don't want that anymore. I want to live life alive.

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Princess Little RoseJuly 18, 2011 at 3:33 AM
Wow. Yes, it is so common for us to go ahead and try to make ourselves joyful, when the joy is found in Him. I know I've done that before, trying to be happy on my own. The happiness never lasted. But His joy remains long after happiness would die off. It lasts through the storms. Thanks for the reminder that if we desire true joy we should abide in Him.
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JGraceJuly 22, 2011 at 10:29 AM
well that would preach. lol
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Where I'm from

I am from library books, from SPAM, eggs, and grits for breakfast, five days a week.

I am from a trailer on half an acre, from a clover and weeds lawn standing up sharp like beard stubble.

I am from blueberry bushes in fall, and strawberry patches in spring. From potted mint leaves on the steps, and the water-stained wood around it.

I am from octopus hugs and un-funny jokes, from Mema, and Papa, and Grandaddy.

I am from five different types of crazy, and everybody talking at once, from “I’ll love you forever” and “Homey don’t play dat.”

I am from Baptists and BBN, from a preachin’ daddy and a silent mama.

I’m from Wake Forest, North Carolina, from riblets and collard greens.

I’m from the scar over my little brother’s left eye where I hit him with a rock, and the family read-alouds when mama “did all the voices.”

I’m from melted audio tapes and VHS recordings of me and my brother’s adventures, from water-damaged half-finished scrapbooks, and smoke-stained photo albums worth so much more than the house that burned down around them.