A Continual Feast

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" All the days of the desponding and the afflicted are made evil [by anxious thoughts and foreboding]but he who has a glad heart has a continual feast. [regardless of the circumstances]
                                                                                                                        Proverbs 15:15

  Glad heart, continual feast! Connection there?   A glad heart is more than happiness; it's joy that brings a continual feast!!  Not even the best delicious food can do that!
 How do we obtain a glad heart? One way is to think on good things. ( Phillipians 4:8)
  Even when life is hard, there are things we can choose to think about that help us remember,  there is something we can be grateful for.  Good things that bring a smile. Gratitude is also a way to have a glad heart.  Thankful for all the Lord is  doing  and has done in our lives.

 Hope brings a smile  too. Hope for situations that you have seen in the past that have changed because of what God has done for you and others.  Trusting that God will continue to take care of concerns and desires you bring to Him in prayer.  Gladness  for life and health and a future with God guiding us.

    Without a godly perspective on daily life here on earth, it is full of negative forebodings.
           But we have a blessed hope and we don't have to be afraid and comfortless.
  God can help us, His Word can be our comfort food for our souls if we only will partake.
  Choosing to focus on memories of  blessings we have already experienced,brings us gladness and peace.  But most of all,  focusing on God and Who he is and all his  attributes,also brings us JOY!
 
In many ways, it is up to us to choose a glad heart. God has provided us many things to enjoy if we just come to His table and reflect  on His  goodness.
                       A  continual feast with no guilt! Isn't that just like God?

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