What does it mean to be content with life. Does money make you content? Is it family? Is it love? What truly makes a person happy? Questions like these have puzzled mankind for as long as they have existed. Many scholars, philanthropists, preachers, and scientists have tried every method possible to find a clear cut answer to how one achieves happiness. Almost every person reaches a place in there life where they have to stop and ask themselves , am I really happy?
Friends and family I find myself at that point today. As I sit a scroll through my friend’s status’s on the different social websites I notice the plethora of sad or discontent statements and characters. I can’t help but ask myself, why? Why are these young people so depressed and down in the dumps, if you will? Ladies and gentlemen this bothers me. To see so many young people so melancholy. These are people who should be so full of life and living without a care in the world. Based on my experiences, happiness just came. There were some down moments, but that is when my family and friends really came together and prayed and showed so much love that one couldn’t help but to be happy. But the point of this blog is not to preach to the young people or to get on to the adults for not reaching out to them, it is to evaluate my life and answer the question for myself, am I truly happy?
To simply answer the question, yes, I am happy. After a close evaluation of my life, I can say I am happy. I am a young well built, healthy, decent looking young man. I have very big dreams and ambitions, to God be the glory for giving me the abilities and the opportunities to achieve them. I have two very great parents, and a very loving family. Even after all that though, there is one thing that just makes it near impossible for me to look down and complain about anything. That is my salvation and my faith in God. Philippians 4:7 says, “And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” You see friends my happiness comes from the peace that God has given me through his son Christ Jesus. I know that no matter what comes everything will be alright.
I wasn’t trying to preach or convince anybody to rush into salvation, even though you should consider it. What I really want to encourage everyone to do is really evaluate your life. Take the good with the bad and ask yourself is it really that bad? And always remember that someone always has it worse than you.
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