Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Happiness

Two days ago I was talking to my daughter about happiness. Happiness has often been elusive to me, but there are a few things I have learned in my 50 plus years on this earth. First and foremost I don't believe you can truly be happy without Jesus in your life. Without a solid foundation built by God you will always be lost and engulfed in fear. Only through God can you conquer your fears. Secondly, happiness is a choice that you make. You can choose to be sad and negative every day or you can choose to be happy and positive. The choice is really yours. My advice to my sweet child was to work on being happy with something small like a frappucino. Really savor it and enjoy it and let it fill you with happiness. Don't expect anything else to make you happy that day, just be happy with that frappucino. Then maybe move to something bigger the next day and the next.

I know someone who to me seems lost. I am not one to force my beliefs on anyone, but internally my heart really aches for her. I have many tattoos and they are almost all based on my faith. When I got Yeshua (i.e. Jesus) tattooed on my wrist (in Hebrew) and I told her what it meant she said, I am not religious and I said neither am I. You don't have to be religious to have faith or to love and worship Jesus. What I really want to tell her is that God loves her so much that He sent his son to earth to die for her. She has already been given grace and she doesn't even know it. Everything in her life that brings her sadness and grief can be washed away simply by accepting Christ as her savior. And that she will never truly be happy until this happens and its never too late to become a believer and to walk with Christ.

I challenge you to constantly be seeking communion with your savior, even when this crazy life is so busy that we barely have time to breath. Even when your focus is on earthly treasures, just look up and say Thank You Jesus. Thank you for loving me and for being here with me in this moment and making me happier than I ever thought possible!


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