Take A Breath and Rejoice

 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice!  Philipians 4:4

In a world that seems to be spinning out of control, this passage can certainly be very hard to believe or to do. Our news is saturated with the evil in the world: poverty, massacres, abusives of every kind, human trafficking, genocide, failing economy, foreclosures, sickness … to name a few.  REJOICE  about what?  This just doesn’t seem to make any sense.

Sure, we can make a list of all the things we are grateful for in life.  But honestly, I don’t think it has to be that complex.  Perhaps it is as simple as focusing on our breath.  Take a breath, take another one, take another one.  Rejoice in that one simple gift that God has given to  us…the gift of life itself.  Rejoice in the fact that we woke up today.  Rejoice because no matter what we do, or how much we screw things up, we are loved unconditionally by a loving God.

Make it simple. Simply Rejoice in the Lord.