“ The art of happy-making begins when we find our happiness within instead of without. ”
In God, happiness and purposeful work are a package deal.
~ Jennifer Dukes Lee
I have decided. I want to be about the cause of Jesus. I want to follow Christ, not the crowd.
Down through the centuries, the Savior has repeatedly lifted the fallen from the holes they've dug for themselves one shovel scoop at a time. After His grand rescue, the Redeemer does not always seal that hole shut behind us. He does not force us into relationship or bully us into repentance. Instead, He leaves us with a choice: follow Me or fall again.
Cicero said that gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others. If that’s true, then my happiness does not cause me to be grateful for what I have. My gratitude for what I have causes me to be happy. Gratitude births the virtue of happiness.
