Celebrate all the time

This week one Monday I sat down to do the devotion and after doing it I really did feel so excited and felt that so happy about all that life has brought me because I know that even through all the bad God has brought good and I've been given so many opportunities to grow and truly have been shaped by these opportunities. It made me like ten times more excited about serving this summer because I knew that by serving I am giving up myself and letting Christ work through me, and to me that is totally a reason to celebrate because "You are being crucified with Christ such that you no longer live but Christ lives in you and through you and gives birth to a whole new creation through you."

But I will say that as the week went on my family came upon a little bump in the road that some what took it's toll on the whole house this week and I found myself struggling to be positive. I felt drained of all the happiness that I had just a couple days before. Then I went back to the devotion and was reminded that "God's desire is to transform misery, not bypass it." This then reminded me of Romans 8:28 "We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God; those who are called according to His purpose." That in itself is a reason to celebrate and it surely helped me get out of this little rut I was in.

12 more days guys! I cannot wait to get to see all of you guys again:)
-Syd