Being Happy, Part 6

This post will serve as the last installment in the Being Happy Series. I appreciate all the nice comments people left for me saying how much they enjoyed it. As I mentioned in the first post, I can’t take all (or much) credit - most of this comes from a sermon my husband preached that I really enjoyed.

In order to be happy we must realize the truth of Romans 8:28: “And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.”

“For I learn as the years roll onward, and leave the past behind,
That much I have counted sorrow, but proves that our God is kind;
That many a flower I longed for, had a hidden thorn of pain,
And many a rugged bypath, led to fields of golden grain.
So the heart from the hardest trial, gains the purest joy of all,
And the lips that have tasted sadness, the sweetest songs that fall.
Then as joy comes after sorrow, and love’s the reward of pain,
So after earth is Heaven, and out of our loss is gain.”
Author Unknown

If you could see the outcome, you would rejoice. God is in control.

An Atlantic liner was caught in a storm. For two days the wind raged and the passengers were frightened. At last an anxious passenger climbed by great effort to where he could see the pilot. Coming back down among the passengers, he spread the glad tidings of peace. He said, “We are all right. The ship will make port; for I have seen the pilot, and he is smiling.” With the Great Pilot directing our life, we can smile through every storm. It is much nicer to trust in Him than to fret about what might be.

The rough roads cause us to appreciate the smooth ones. Many of us can look back on the hard times and see the good that was produced. It can be difficult to believe that all things work together for good when you are experiencing the bad - but God is a keeper of His promises and He said it would be so.

God knows what’s best and sometimes He says “No” to our prayers. But we must realize that there is no one more on our side than God and He causes all things to work together for good to those who love Him. When He says “No” it is a good thing. It is what is best. “No” is as a good an answer as “Yes”. God knows all - we don’t!

You want to be happy: Get the gratitude attitude, think on heaven daily, change your perspective, don’t seek after money, and realize the truth of Rom. 8:28.