Happiness

Happiness. It's not in what you don't have, but what you have.
Despite the doubts of many. All the Iphone models in the world won't make you happy. The newest Xbox isn't going to make you a better person (it will probably make you the opposite of a better person).
Friends, I am not saying these things are bad. Just that they aren't a need. Basically if you were to cut it down to life or death needs, you would find that you have LOTS of wants sitting around.

Lets go further though. Needs and Wants aren't going to make you happy.

Happiness is a choice. You can choose to simply be happy because the sun is shining. You can even choose to be happy that it's raining, knowing the rain will provide the nutrients for the grass and flowers. In turn providing a different day with beauty and gorgeous colors.

The rain in your life will provide beauty if you allow it to. If you choose to praise God for the hardships. God uses the "rainy" days to shape us into who He wants us to be.

So choose to be happy and put a smile on your face even while struggling. Choose to trust that God is using this trial to make you who HE wants you to be. In fact we should thank Him for the hard times. Just try it. Thank Him for the bad week and ask Him to reveal to you the lessons and beauty that came out of it.

Trust that HE has gone ahead of you. HE has a plan for you.

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.~ Jeremiah 29:11

The Cook