The Love Of True Joy

​"And these things write we unto you that your joy may be full" 1 John 1:4. I read that at the beginning of the week and it has been on my mind since. When I pray about what to write each week, my heart's desire is for you to know that joy. The true joy that only comes from Jesus. That your joy would be full. Some of you may have been in church all your life, you may have heard preachers preach this very passage and you know it to be true, yet your joy isn't full. Some of you may read this and wish desperately that you could have true joy but don't know how you could ever attain it. The answer to both is still Jesus. He is and always will be the answer. Church and religion can't fulfill your joy. Doing good works or giving to charity can't fulfill your joy. Wealth and treasures can't. None of these can give you joy anymore than looking for it in drugs or sex or alcohol. All of these things are temporary. They are fleeting. Only Jesus can fulfill your joy. And that's what I want you to know. I'm not saying that once you have Jesus life will be a bed of roses, because it won't. I have had heart ache, I have allowed life to disappoint and discourage me but the times I knew my joy wasn't full weren't because Jesus wasn't with me. He was always there but I chose not to go to Him and tried to deal with my problems in my own strength. Don't let the phrase "Jesus brings joy" become cliche to you. Purposely choose to believe it today. I have such joy in knowing that Jesus loves me dearly, so much that He died to take my sins away so that I could be with Him in heaven someday. Why would I ever choose to live a life without the one Who loves me that deeply? That is a love that can never be replaced. That is the Love of True Joy. 😊❤️