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WEDNESDAY THOUGHT 1/21/09

Go Ahead, Be Happy!
 
I think it is safe to say that worry and anxiety are endemic in our society and that most of us live in lifelong pursuit of ever-elusive happiness. 
 
Well, a friend of mine shared with me a story on that subject that just tickled me.  He wrote about another friend who “was delivered from serious emotional problems by the Lord. He was judged as a hopeless case, not curable. Anyway he relates this story where he had complained and moaned to God over and over again that all he wanted in life was just to be happy. Finally God spoke to him and said, ‘Well, go ahead, be happy’.”  And from that do on, he was.
 
My point:  Be joyful.  Easier said than done?  Maybe, but it’s still a choice, our choice.  So, why not choose to be happy?  — jri
 
“Sing to the Lord a new song.”
    –    Isaiah 42:10