A Joyful Calling

I can say I am blessed to have been married for almost a decade, wow that sounds like a lot of years, years that have passed by so fast. I wish I could tell you it has been easy, sorry but no, actually not at all and I am not being negative, is just that there has been so many times when my husband and I have faced really ugly situations.  But hey we are here, God brought us through each and every one of them. I have been a follower of Christ for about 5 years, I still consider myself new in this beautiful journey, I have been able to see how he works in my life, in my marriage and in my role as a mother. I also wish I could tell you what a great wife, mother and follower of the King I am, but I would be lying. Instead, I just want to be crystal clear and share with you all my mistakes and how God has taught me so much and how he became the author of all my victories,  he rights my wrongs, he turned the ugliest things into the most beautiful things. I surely don't want...

I once felt that being or feeling happy was the most important thing in life. The truth is there is a difference between "Happiness" and true "Joy". I currently attend a mom's group and last session they brought in a wonderful woman who spoke about joy, this is how she kind of described the difference between the two. She said being happy is momentarily, it is a state of mind or due to the circumstances in that precise moment vs being joyful is something that comes from the inside from within, is an amazing emotion no matter the circumstances. I researched some of the meanings and one said happy means: having a sense of confidence in or satisfaction with (a person, arrangement, or situation ).  Another one said: fortunate or convenient . So this is just my opinion, notice how she said joy is an emotion? Okay emotions come from the soul, vs feeling content or happy not so much in my opinion , for example; I might be very happy because I was able to buy ...