Happiness and/or Freedom

good morning everyone!!!! What a wonderful day to be alive!! Why? Because God made this day special for you!!!! Claim the victory!!! It is yours!!! So, how do we claim the victory? First, we have to get ourselves right with God. Okay, I talk to God, I say a quick prayer. No, no, no, I mean we must first confess our sins, or our grudge against a brother, we must lay it before the Lord. Job 18:4 "You are only hurting yourself with your anger." Don't be mad at anyone, be happy in the Lord, letting the Lord lead. Proberbs 19:11 "A man's wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to overlook an offense." Are you sitting with wisdom or impatience? Ephesians 4:29 "Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those you hear you." WOW!!! Does this scream to you? All of us!!! Matthew 7:5 "Jesus said, 'First get rid of the log from your own eye; then perhaps you will see well enough to deal with the speck in your friend's eye.'" Oh yeah!!!! Clean up your vision so that you may clearly see. Kinda makes me think of the expression you can't see the forest because of all the trees. How do you view things? Maybe you need to go to the great eye doc......God. Psalm 73:21-22 "When my thoughts were bitter and my feelings were hurt, I was as stupid as an animal." Proverbs 15:1 "A gentle response defuses anger, but a sharp tongue kindles a temper fire." You say, okay, how does this deal with happiness and freedom. If you are angry at someone this will eat at you, go from a small sore and fester to a boil. Clear up your vision so you can clearly see what God has in store for you. Kind words.......flies are caught with honey..not vinegar water. Animals respond to stimuli, and this is not always the wise way to respond. Maintain your patience, pray, pray, as a good word, kind word, helps defuse or take the guard down of the aggressive person. Is all this hard to do? Durn right, but it is easier with God, and keeping in God's shadow. the closer we walk with Jesus, the easier it is to walk and talk as did Jesus. Patience, wisdom, kind words, clearing up our vision will set us free, help us to experience God's happiness. Thank you for reading. Love you all.In Christ's Love and GraceJohnnyp.s. I put this on a blog which is JohnnyBdaily. God to www.blogger.com and type in the title.