Joyful Summer Tips from Psalm 116 (Part 1)

Some seasons in life feel like winter -- cold and miserable. Others are like fall -- there is beauty all around, but it is fading into the knowledge that hardship is right around the corner. Spring seasons in life are full of hope -- even though there is a chill in the air.
And somehow, we who follow Christ are pretty good at weathering those seasons. But how should we respond in our summer seasons? When life is joyous and overflowing with blessing, certainly my default of waiting "for the other shoe to drop" is not appropriate...but what then?
Psalm 116 is written after winter has melted and joy has returned. And the first thing the psalmist says we should do?
Love God! We respond to His hearing and answering our prayers with love, which Christ clarifies for us is obedience.
Summer Tip 1#: Obey God in love.