"Happiness" is often confused with "joy." At least for me... joy is a deep peace that I have received from knowing God. No matter what happens here on earth, there is something so great to look forward to. No matter what I do... how many times I fail... whatever I succeed in... none of that matters. God's love for me is unconditional and everlasting. And I look forward to spending an eternity with Him. That is joy.
Now, because you have this joy... it definitely doesn't mean you will be happy. Happiness is more dependent on things and situations. It can be affected by the things of this world. We still live in this fallen world and we will feel the effects of it. Hurts, mistakes, goodbyes, deaths, mundane routines... whatever it may be... we feel it.
But I've realized, why not let my eternal joy in knowing I am loved and that I love my maker be the happiness that gets me through each day?
As I feel like a zombie these days... past months... I see that I've been living through routines and painfully waiting for the day I will be in my permanent home with God. And definitely, nothing in this world will be able to top that. But I often forget that although God isn't quite ready for me to be there in my permanent home... I am still with God.
So let that untouchable joy be the source of your happiness. Knowing fully well that happiness doesn't mean being really rich. Or having everyday be spectacular. But really understanding that God is always by your side. God never stopped and never will stop loving you. That He will never change.
Of course we will always long for more here... this place wasn't created to be our eternal home. It's full of sin and a temporary time. But remember that we have God always. Even here. So as that is the pot of my joy and what really gets me going everyday... I am learning to let my happiness thrive on that.
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