I have been walking in circles in the
desert for the last month, and I am tired of the “same, same”. I
am ready for some change! I am ready to chose to live Joyfully! This
last month in Rwanda while doing door to door evangelism, a women
that survived the Genocide of Rwanda told me that I needed a Rwandan
name. I was given the name of Bwishimo, it means Joyful. She told me
that I radiated joy. I have to be honest, I didn’t feel joyful at
the moment, however, she was right! I am joyful, I have a lot to be
joyful about and thankful for!
Being Joyful isn’t always based on
circumstances. It is many times a choice we have to make for ourselves. I am tired of
letting crap from my past, lies and curses that have been spoken over
me, the way I “feel”, and my selfish desires control how I act,
how I choose to live! I want to live a life of abandonment, a life of
FREEDOM, a life of Joy, a kind of Joy that can only come from walking
with God! I want to be able to smile and laugh while the crap falls
over me! Because I know that I have Jesus, that I am loved, that I am
Free! That the devil can attack me all he wants, but I have the
victory. Therefore I will laugh, I will sing, I will smile, and I
will choose to live Joyfully!
Thanks for all of your prayers and
encouragement from my last blog I posted! I am excited to keep
pressing forward on this race! It’s hard to believe that we are half
way through now…but, I know God has many more awesome plans and
adventures ahead for me. And I will not give up, I will not forget
his goodness, his faithfulness, and his love for me!
I pray the same for all of you reading
this in your life. That you will choose to live joyfully! That you
will smile at your storm, that you will laugh at the enemy, and you
will Worship God Joyfully.
Love you all Joyfully
Ryan Bwishimo Hughes
