true joy.

Fall is in the air and I am in love with it!  This time of year just makes me feel so joyful.  I love walking out the door and breathing in the brisk air.  As the season is changing, so is my life.  I have been struggling with the thought of switching churches since July.  My prayer was answered yesterday!! Not in the way that I thought it would happen...but when is that ever the case??  I feel at peace with this decision.  But it is still going to be very hard having to tell the people I have come to cherish at the church that I am leaving.  This ties into the life lesson I have been learning.  I care way too much about what people think of me.  Not in the way of my appearance anymore--but if I am a good enough Christian.  More so, do I look like I am living for the Lord?   I am not saying this is a shallow way...I want people to look at me and see that Jesus lives in me.  I want people to see the overflowing joy that the Lord has placed in my heart.  I want people to see that God has changed my life.  That I can be happy with little and smile through suffering because God is my savior.  I pray for ways to show the Lord's light everyday.