Joy

 With everything that has been happening these past nine months, its been hard to find Joy in anything. That was until one Sunday our Pastor said choose Faith not Fear. I never put my tree up until the day after Thanksgiving. This year I decided to put it up before. I also decided to decorate every room in my house with some Christmas, which is something I haven't done since my  kids were little. It gave me so much joy to carefully take each ornament and really look at it and remember where I got it or who made it for me before I placed it on the tree. I didn't rush. It took 3 days to do my decorating which in the past I've usually done in a day. This year by taking my time I actually found I enjoyed doing it and didn't feel rushed. It gives me Joy every morning when I turn the lights on the tree. I look around and see Joy in each decoration and it makes me happy. This Pandemic is not going to win,I am choosing Faith over Fear and going to have a joyful holiday.

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