I'll Keep My Joy

For the last 15 years or so of my mother's life she often said, "I don't let anything or anyone steal my joy for very long" . Those are words to live by. She accepted joy as a gift from her Savior ... a gift she knew was hers to keep.
I have spent a lot of years trying to "fix things" ... probably more accurately trying to "fix" people (including myself). Recently, I have begun to understand in deeper measures that undertaking unassigned tasks is a sure way to reduce, if not eliminate, the gift of joy we as believers rightly own. As I grow in my faith and knowledge, I am beginning to grasp what tasks are mine and what tasks are not. "Fixing" is not our assignment. Trusting God to "fix" is.