Tag Archives: Happiness

I always believed that a house with a white-picket fence and 2.5 children would bring me contentment. God however had other plans for me than my picture-perfect idea of what I thought was satisfaction. I struggled for years accepting that my life had turned out differently than I had hoped. I ...

Yet true godliness with contentment is itself great wealth. 1 Timothy 6:6 For many years, I have read this verse as: “Godliness + Contentment = the key to abundant living”. Recently, I began glimpsing another understanding:  Being content with godliness is the pinnacle of prosperity–the primary purpose of our lives.  Doesn’t ...

Praying for rain-less days in relationships is like wishing we’ll never get thirsty—it just won’t happen. Every relationship have seasons, a time to laugh and a time to cry. (Ecclesiastes 3:4) But in some relationships, there is more crying than laughing. That’s not cool. In such a relationship, happiness is ...

“Gentlemen, why do you not laugh? With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.”  Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln lost his mother at age nine, his only sister at age 18,  one child, Eddie,  before he became the 16th president of ...

“He will yet fill your mouth with laughing, and your lips with rejoicing.” Job 8:21 (NKJV) Job suffered much because he was good.  He served His Lord and he obeyed His commands.  He took care of what God had given him.  He loved his family, and He raised his children well.  Yes, ...