by loving God we get eternal happiness write a story on the statement
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happiness, yet it only brought depression. No one can say that true lasting happiness has been found through money, sport, knowledge or fame. It may have brought some temporary pleasure, but not lasting happiness. The search for true happiness can be like chasing the wind or trying to hold water in our hands. It is allusive.
No wonder crowds of people would follow Jesus and sit and listen to His words, because He spoke about true happiness and lasting peace and joy.
Explanation:
Imagine you are in the hospital, seriously ill, and the prognosis is not promising. Your doctor comes in on his daily rounds and asks how you are. You tell him you are frightened, anxious and worried. You let him know that the prospect of death terrifies you because you cannot imagine life separated from those you love. It is, you say, as if your whole world is falling apart. Your doctor listens carefully and, you think, compassionately. You wait for him to console and reassure you. But then he says, "I understand, but are you happy?"
His question seems shockingly thoughtless and incredibly insensitive, so much so that you wonder if he was really listening at all. Instead of calming you, he has only made you more distraught. Instead of lifting your spirits, he has sunk them.
The doctor may not seem to fit our description of a sensitive and caring physician, but perhaps we should not dismiss his question so quickly. We may be shocked and even angered by his words, because we easily assume that suffering is inherently incompatible with joy. A little suffering means a little less happiness. More suffering means even less happiness. Great suffering means no happiness at all.
But if suffering is the antithesis of happiness and joy — if they are truly mutually exclusive — then our hold on happiness is weaker, and much more precarious, than we customarily think. No matter how hard we try, we cannot escape suffering. Suffering is part of the fabric of life; an unchosen and unwelcome part, for sure, but something every human being eventually confronts. Thus, if the only way to sustain happiness is by avoiding pain, sorrow and loss, we are faced with a depressing and seemingly insurmountable dilemma. How can we possibly live in joyful hope when we know that some day we will meet a cross that bears our name?1
A CHRISTIAN ACCOUNT OF HAPPINESS
Could the doctor's question be pertinent, even insightful? Could he be right to suggest that happiness can coexist with suffering? It all depends on what we think happiness is.