Finding Happiness

Over the past few weeks, some friends of mine have been struggling with finding happiness. You might say that this is a minor problem and that they were just having a bad day, but these people are facing issues that have haunted them for years. There are so many things that can send someone’s life into a nose dive. Grief, depression, and fear are just a few things that can truly haunt people, day after day. Our job as their friends is to help them get through it.

For the past few weeks, the Lord has been showing me and a few others what happiness really is. When you think about it, that’s always been a question in the back of our heads. The Lord has shown us that we, nor anyone else will ever be able to find true happiness in anything but him. All worldly things will satisfy for awhile but nothing will stay with you like He will. It doesn’t matter how rich you are, how many friends you have, or how high you are on the popularity scale; true happiness can only be found in God. There is NOTHING that will satisfy a persons hunger more than the living water of our living God. He is constantly helping people deal with sadness by just being there. But for him to bring you happiness you have to completely give yourself to him. Every ounce of your being has to be fully surrendered. If not, it could be too late.

There are different types of sadness; they could range from grief to true, full-blown depression. No matter how serious, God will always be here to help the people that want to have happiness through him. Other than him, there is no other.

“You who are young, make the most of your youth. Relish your youthful vigor. Follow the impulses of your heart. If something looks good to you, pursue it. But know also that not just anything goes; You have to answer to God for every last bit of it.”
-Ecclesiastes 11:9-

From the Hilltop,
Hunter Odom
hunter2444@coastalnow.net
Romans 8:28