This blog is for people who are seeking to bring glory to God, while learning to be who they were designed to be. If you love God, family, and others, but also want to learn to love yourself well as well, this site is for you. Several years ago I heard someone explain JOY as an acronym for Jesus Others Yourself. They went on to explain that one of the ways we best experience JOY is when we have these in right priority. And, sadly, sometimes we go through times that lack JOY simply because we’ve ignored these priorities.
Jesus put it this way in Matthew 22:37, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” Then in verse 39 he went on to say “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
So if you are a follower of Christ, and at times struggle to live these verses out, I hope some of what I write will help us as we grow in our journey.
As for me, I am a wife, mom of two, computer programmer/business analyst who began a relationship with Jesus sometime around the age of 5. For so long I have looked at whomever was a bit further along in their journey than I and thought they have it all figured out. I am now seeing that this isn’t necessarily the case. We each have areas we shine in and areas we struggle with. I have been helped and encouraged by many who have modelled what it looks like to walk out Jesus, Others, Yourself. I am hopeful that some of the lessons I’ve learned along the way or am learning currently will be helpful to you.
So if you want to join me in seeing how living out J.O.Y. can make an IMPACT, I encourage you to stick around.