Am I Happy?

I received a call yesterday from this lady and she asked me a question. “Are you really happy?” I thought, what a wonderful question. With excitement I told her “YES”!!!! Not only that my nickname is "Happy" but I seriously and genuinely feel happy.

So why am I happy? I know I'm not a millionaire. I don't own every designer bags, shoes, clothes and I'm not an owner of a Ferrari. I do want some of that. I'm a girl. I still like to shop and I put makeup on or color my hair and do all girlie stuff. Will it make me happy? It will. Try giving me some of that. For a while until the feeling wears off.

If you have known me for years or have heard some of my testimonies then you know that I have been through some challenges. For so many years I've wondered how a person can truly be happy. I'm not even sure what true happiness feels like. One time I googled “How to be happy”. I'm sure I'm not the only one who did that. I'm sure you've read Cosmopolitan magazine or other magazines to know how to be happy and what do to make you happy.

First let me define the word “happy”. This will help me show you my point. It means: favored by luck or fortune; notably fitting, effective or well adapted; enjoying or characterized by well-being or contentment.

For me this means: I've got to have this. Or, I've got to do this to make me happy. This is temporary and it is difficult to maintain this happiness. Things don't always turn out the way you want it. People will hurt you, people will disappoint you or people will just ignore you. But us people have tried all different things to make us feel happy.

Many years ago I went through a terrible time and because I was so hurt, broken, young and stupid I tried to find happiness in the wrong places. It made me happy for a while but it made me feel worst after. I ended up feeling guilty and condemned. My effort wasn't working for me. For many years, I didn't know what true happiness feels like. I know I want it but I didn't know if I'm able to have it because of so many challenges. I even started thinking that maybe happiness is just a word and it's not even real. I wanted something that will last.

Then I came to a point where I just didn't even think about it. I rested my case. I thought if this happiness is real then I guess I wouldn't know. But things turned around for me. After being a Christian for 10 years I was able to find what I was looking for. I found something that lasts. JOY! The Holy Spirit gave me joy.

Joy in the dictionary means: The emotion evoked by well-being, or by the prospect of possessing what one desires; a source or cause of delight.

Well, I was able to possess joy and it stays for good. The joy that I have will never, ever, ever, ever go away. This joy is coming from the very source and that is God. This joy is not dependent on any circumstances. Joy is present even when we face trials. Joy is present when we are sick and we feel miserable. Joy is not dependent on our moods and emotions.

In heaven there is a river with living water. This river flows from the very throne room of God (read Revelations 22). The river is almost like a miracle river. The bible describes this river in Ezekiel 47:12 “By the river on its bank, on one side and on the other, will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither and their fruit will not fail. They will bear every month because their water flows from the sanctuary, and their fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing.”

Friends, The river of God is life. God is the source of life.

Jesus also said in John 4:14 “whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”

A well of water. Don't you just like that? This well of water look so vibrant and full of excitement. Don't you just want life like that? Life that is not boring. Life that is exciting. Life that is alive and not dead.

This water that Jesus gives changed my life completely. Since 2010 after my encounter of the source of life I have been infused with this great joy which makes me truly happy. My life right now is full of meaning, full of excitement, full of love for people. My life is not boring!!!!

Friends I am supercalifragilisticexpialidociousLY HAPPY right now? It's because of this JOY that I have.

I love life. I love people. I love poor people, rich people, broken people, people of different culture, people who are sick, people who are snob, people who don't like me. I don't want my joy and happiness to be dependent on people. I already have the joy. All I need to do is look to Jesus and be reminded that I have the joy in my heart.

And if you see my husband you can see that he also is filled with joy. I love my husband, I love my children and I love the Lord. You too can have this joy. Allow God to encounter you. Ask God to fill you with His presence. One encounter with God will truly change you life. Ask Him now.

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