Always

al·ways

   [awl-weyz, -weez] 

adverb

1.

every time; on every occasion; without exception

2.

all the time; continuously; uninterruptedly

3.

forever

4.

in any event; at any time

http://dictionary.reference.com/


And if you are young and "hip" you may say

always
	a (insert bad word) long time, sometimes for all eternity http://www.urbandictionary.com

Now I've been feeling pretty off these past few weeks, I couldn't really focus on anything, school, photography, friendships, I couldn't even finish a text conversation with most people. This also included the already difficult task of focusing on my relationship with God. A few days from now will the the 3rd anniversary of the night I decided to start all over again, the night I said God its real this time I promise. I haven't gone back on that promise, yes I can be selfish, rude, forgetful, hurtful, distracted, lazy, emotional and just human but I don't let it stop me. Two things I have learned in the past 3 years 
1.I will fall and have to can get up but I cannot get up on my own. 
Psalm 46:1
God is our refuge and strength, an ever- present help in trouble. 
God is here to help us, he doesn't sit back and laugh at us in our troubles... he listens for us to call for help.


2. I will not always feel like doing the whole God thing.
So like I said today was a off day for me but I thought hey maybe reading my bible will help me out a bit. (sounds cheesy but that's how it happened.) I went to blueletterbible.org and I had no idea what verse to look up and I really didn't feel like it I just knew it could help. I was surprised to see that they started a blog and I knew that would be a good place to start. 


Their blog was on rejoicing in God ALWAYS. 
Eh okay whatever I read the verse they had listed 
Philippians 4:4 "Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice."


I really wasn't in the mood for this church stuff but I kept on reading anyways. The blog gave us a few reasons why Paul repeats himself in this verse. You can go read the blog for yourself but reason 2 really hit me. 
Reason 2 was To suggest the difficulty of continual joy.
Here's the Blog
Paul knew what he was saying, he understood that the world will try to steal our joy. We MUST understand that life can get difficult and make us want to lay in bed all day and have a bad attitude but that will make us more miserable.  Rejoice ALWAYS, not rejoice when you have a good day. Rejoice every time; on every occasion; without exception; all the time; continuously; uninterruptedly; forever; in any event; at any time.


Sounds like a lot of work, so whats the good news?  
There is a God who has so much more planed for us than we can ever imagine.
Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."


with love,
Noelia