Happiness is…

That you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints the breadth, length, height, and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. (Ephesians 3:17–19, ESV)

Happiness is made up of many things: the smile of a child, the golden glow of a sunrise, the warm hug of a loved one, health after sickness.

But such happiness is transitory: a child does not always smile, the sunrise may be overshadowed with dark clouds, a loved one may leave, and sickness may not pass.

There is another happiness—deeper and everlasting—the happiness that fills your soul when you realize the breadth, length, height, and depth of God’s love for you, a love embodied in His Son, Jesus.

To find Jesus is to discover that no matter your weakness, no matter your inabilities, no matter your despair, there is a strength you can draw upon, a hope you can lean upon, and a love you can dwell within. Truly, “Happy are the people whose God is the Lord!” (Psalm 144:15) ¹

God, whose smile is in the sky,

whose path is in the sea,

once more from earth’s tumultuous strife

We gladly turn to thee.

We come as those with toil far spent

Who crave thy rest and peace,

and from the care and fret of life

Would find in thee release. —John H. Holmes

¹ Activated: Arms Around Me