Finding the Joy!

I have the winter blues! There, I said it! No, I am not going through a 'Great Depression' or anything close, but I do have the blahs. I get them every year around this time. I am tired of being cold, I am tired of wearing heavy clothes, and my feet are screaming for flip-flops.

I think the one thing I have noticed for the first time this year, is how I am wishing the days away. I keep looking at the calendar, longing for the days to hurry up, so I can flip to the month of June. I realize that I have failed to savor these days...find the joy in them. I am barely going through the motions, doing only the necessary.

I read recently a quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "Think that this day will never dawn again."

After reading that, I felt conviction settle in. I have not been making the most out of each individual day. I have been letting the chill in the air, steal the joy from my heart!
I want to once again, find that joy that comes because as a child of God, my Father orchastrates each day for me. I want to celebrate each day as if it will never come again!

This next week will be very much about restoring the joy into my days!

Psalms 16: 8, 9, 11....

"I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices; my body will also rest secure.
You have made known to me the path of life; and you fill me with joy in Your presence..."