Do you try to find joy in circumstances and then someone or something
comes along and zaps the joy right out of you?
People can try to bring you down, but you are still in
control of how you respond to their negativity.
You can chose to draw a boundary line with a person who is
negative and not be around them.
If you are not able to distant yourself from them
physically, you can chose to mentally rise above their negativity.
You are in charge of your responses to negative people and
negative situations.
Take the
HIGH road! Chose JOY in your heart and do not allow negativity to ruin your
day.
Another way to stop a joy robber is to discipline yourself to
avoid whatever is robbing you from your joy.
I saw a woman on television that was on a talk show who
stated that getting on face book stole her joy because so many people made it
look like they had perfect lives. This bothered her immensely because she felt jealous. She had a loving family and a great life but when she saw what others posted about their lives, it stole
her joy that she had. She had to learn
to reduce her time on face book so that she could stop her joy robber.
I had a friend who once told me that watching certain
movies facilitated her to lose her joy. She said that it was because she believed that most of the movies were
inappropriate and she felt that they were robbing her joy in that she was compromising her morals and values by watching them. So, she stopped watching any movies that she felt were not what God wanted her to be exposed to. This helped her to reclaim her joy in life as she felt like she was being obedient to the Lord and thus, being true to her beliefs.
Think about what could be your joy robbers and stop them.
Claim your
joy and hold on tight! Guard your heart and mind from potential joy robbers.
Psalm 118:24 - "This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it."
Share in the comments how you stop joy robbers.
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