Been reading...

I have been reading from a new book I got the other day. Well, it isn't a new book. I got it at a yard sale and it is new to me. The name is Humor for a Mom's Heart. It has several stories from as many writers. I love reading those kinds of books. You know the ones with inspirational stories that will uplift you and make you cry because they are sad or because they are happy even. I just love to read those types of books. They give me hope. Hope that one day my life will turn out okay and I, too, will be happy. They give me hope that I can write as well as the ones who write for books such as Daily Guideposts and the Chicken Soup stories. I want to write. I have so many things I would love to share and I know they would glorify the Lord which is my reason for wanting to write in the first place. I think that is why I love this blogging stuff. I can read other people's entries and be inspired. We can write and not stress over trying to get published. We can write and not fear judgment or critiquing. We can write or not write. That is what I like about having my own blog. I am not pressured into writing when I don't feel like it. I don't have to stress over getting an entry submitted by a certain time. I don't have to worry about what people will say. It is okay if no one even reads my blog. It is just for me to be able to journal when I can and when I feel like it. Today, I feel like it and I CAN.

The book I am reading is very good for me right now. I need to have humor in my life. My life is too serious and too dramatic at times. I need a relaxed atmosphere when there are no demands on my time. I need to just be able to laugh because something was funny. I need to read a story that will make me cry and I know it is not my life causing me to cry. I need to read these types of stories so I know there is hope out there. Hope that my life will be worth reading filled with wonderful things to post about the Lord and what He is doing in my life, for my life, and with my life. I want my life to reflect Jesus and the way things go every now and then it is difficult to be a mirror for Jesus Christ. But I know that He understands and that He will give me another day to find laughter as well as happy tears. I am going to wake up each day and ask the Lord to fill my day with laughter, joy, humor, and hope. I know that He will answer that prayer because it is the Lord's will that I possess those things.

I pray that you, too, will find the joy of the Lord through friendships and love of family. May you be able to sing "The joy of the Lord is my strength".

Have a wonderful and fun filled day. May humor find its way into your heart. And please don't forget to share it with others. They may need to have some of it in their life too.