Today is Friday, December 18th, 2009; Karen's Korner #1720
Do you ever why someone from a well-known family commits suicide? A wealthy person loses their fortune? Someone who 'has it all' risks it all with an illicit affair? We watch and we wonder, "Why?"
Something written by Eugene H. Peterson and taken from "A Long Obedience":
THE ABUNDANCE OF GOD
"The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, and peace...."
Galatians 5:22 RSV
"We come to God....because none of us have it within ourselves, except momentarily, to be joyous......
"We try to get it through entertainment. We pay someone to make jokes....sing songs.....but that kiind of joy never penetrates our lives, never changes our basic constitution. The effects are extremely temporary.....
"We cannot mke ourselves joyful. Joy cannot be commanded, purchased, or arranged. But there is something we can do. We can decide to live in response to the abundance of God and not under the dictatorship of our own poor needs."
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