{"id":827,"date":"2019-05-23T17:30:09","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T23:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=827"},"modified":"2019-05-23T14:49:28","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T20:49:28","slug":"energy-and-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=827","title":{"rendered":"Energy and Joy!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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I had lunch with a friend earlier this week, and I was in the last hours of completing a painting project. All projects are exciting at the start, but they quickly turn into drudgery and “How close are we to being done?!”<\/em> As I get older, this is more and more the case. So I asked him to pray for me, and he graciously launched into the most encouraging prayer, asking for energy and joy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Energy and joy! That’s a compelling combination. June was away at a retreat, and she let me know around 2p that she would be home around 5:30. So I went into high gear, finishing (at least finishing “enough”) just two minutes before she pulled in. (Timing is everything!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Be cheerful with joyous celebration in every season of life. Let joy overflow, for you are united with the Anointed One! (Philippians 4.4, Passion Translation)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I like that verse: “be cheerful…in every season of life.” A good word. And I learned that good cheer brings energy as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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