Do you have friends that are always in a good mood?

I do. I have come to appreciate them. They are able to find something good in most situations. Or if not in the situation, then at least find something good throughout the day.

I have found it better to surround myself with people who are happy than with people who are not. Those who can’t find any happiness take too much of my energy.

Today’s verse comes from Proverbs 8:17

I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me.

“Those who seek me find me.” At least in my experience, the people who can find joy, even in the midst of chaos, are people who seek God. Joy is an internal choice that they make each and every day. It is because they seek God, that they have found Joy.

This does not mean that their world is perfect. (Have you ever really met someone whose life is perfect?) It just means that they have found that choosing joy and seeking God can make the chaos seem less intense.

For me, I am choosing to seek God in the midst of chaos. He is there. And I have found him.

I have found him in the friends who text me to let me know they are praying. I have found him in the nurses at the hospital who can come into the room and smile and joke with my husband and me. I have found him in the family who is far away that sends a hand written card several times a week to let us know they care even if they can’t be here in person. I have found him in my doctor who was concerned about how I am doing emotionally and offered to help in whatever way she could.

God is there. We must seek Him or it will be us that is lost.