Happiness is…

 That you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. (Ephesians 3:17-19 ESV)

 Happiness is made up of many things: it is a smile of a child, the golden glows of a sunrise, the warm hug of a loved one, health after sickness.

 But such happiness is also transitory: a child does not always smile, the sunrise may be overshadowed with dark clouds, a loved one may leave, sickness may not pass.

 There is another happiness, that is deeper and everlasting, and that is the happiness that comes into your soul when you realise the depth, breadth, and height of God’s love for you, a love embodied in His Son, Jesus.

 To find Jesus is to discover that no matter your weakness, no matter your inabilities, no matter your despair, there is a strength you can draw upon, a hope you can lean upon, a love you can dwell within.

 Truly, “Happy are the people whose God is the Lord!” (Psalm 144:15). —Abi May [1]

 God, whose smile is in the sky,
whose path is in the sea,
once more from earth’s tumultuous strife
We gladly turn to thee.
We come as those with toil far spent
Who crave thy rest and peace,
and from the care and fret of life
Would find in thee release. —John H. Holmes

[1] Activated Vol 17 issue 2