Happiness

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I've always struggled with being happy. Today Yahoo featured an article about morning routines to make your day happier. It's what everyone wants, just to be in a happy state. So today I asked the fb community, "How do you get happy?" cause I really wanted to know. But God, instead, gave me a pretty in-depth answer:

3 Blessed (happy, to be envied, and spiritually prosperous--with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions) are the poor in spirit (the humble, who rate themselves insignificant), for theirs is the kingdom of heaven! 4 Blessed and enviably happy [with a happiness produced by the experience of God’s favor and especially conditioned by the revelation of His matchless grace] are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted! ..and Jesus' guide to happiness goes on.

I'm glad I just happened to read the Amplified version. I never even recalled the Bible using the word "happy" or "happiness."
God has all the answers..

Comments

A. Manullang said…
i like this amplified passage. :)

why do you struggle with being happy? don't you know that a crushed spirit makes the bones dry? Prov 17:22. and are not 5 sparrows sold for 2 pennies.. and not one of them is forgotten before God. Luke 12:6. or is it cause you worry for tomorrow? let tmrw worry about itself. Matt 6:34...

'Man of sorrows', what a name
For the Son of God who came
Ruined sinners to reclaim
Hallelujah! What a Savior!

Song: "Hallelujah! What a Savior"
Isaiah 53
January 14, 2011 at 8:33 PM
Unknown said…
estherwang encouraged me with this message about joy from piper: http://www.desiringgod.org/resource-library/conference-messages/getting-to-the-bottom-of-your-joy

<3 you
January 20, 2011 at 8:06 PM
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