It is a practice to find the joy in each and every day. In the mundane of life, we tend to forget that there really is joy in each day even in the midst of hardship.
For this reason, we decided to keep Joy Jars for 2014. January was our practice run. The goal was to write something everyday that brought us joy…a kind thing we did for someone, something that we were thankful for, a Bible verse or other saying that resonated with us that day. I say it was a practice run because I think more often than not, we all forgot. But, at the end of the month, we had many joys in our jars to share with each other.
On the first of every month, we plan to empty our jar and read our Joys. Then I am going to write them down on a notebook paper to keep track of each month and will start with an empty jar again.
Here is a sampling of our January Joys:
I was nice to the new kid at school
Spending time building with my dad
The hot tub on a cold winter night
A quiet weekend at home
Quote: Be who you are not who the world wants you to be.
Isaiah 26:3-4; You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you because he trusts in you. Trust the Lord forever, for the Lord God is the everlasting rock.
Warm, bright sun on a cold winter day
