Down in my heart...

"I have told you these things so that your joy will overflow."

John 5:11 

So our Zumba Lifegroup is working through the Fruit of the Spirit. This week we are focusing on joy. We searched the scriptures and shared our hearts about what joy is and where it comes from. While joy is not determined by our circumstances, I do think God sometimes uses circumstance to be instruments of His joy. He blesses us with things in our lives that bring us joy and remind us of His love.

Our girls spent time creating a "Joy Journals" and I challenged each of us to be on the look out for joy, to be intentional about focusing on how it manifests in our lives. I am so excited to see what that is going to look like!

I though I would give my Zumba girls a peek at my joy journal and how God is speaking to me this week. 

It is possible to enjoy Me and glorify Me in the midst of adverse circumstances. In fact, My light shines most brightly through believers who trust Me in the dark. That kind of trust is supernatural: a production of My indwelling Spirit. When things seem all wrong, trust Me anyway. I am much less interested in right circumstances that in right responses to whatever comes your way. - Jesus Calling (a paraphrase)JOHN 16:33; PSALM 112:4-7

And because there is not a doubt in my heart that God expresses His love to me through this man I married, this picture brings me joy! J. is being silly and making me laugh- my joy overflowing...