Prisha Patter
  • Blog
  • About Me
  • Get In Touch
  • Blog
  • About Me
  • Get In Touch

Prisha patter

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Thoughts on life from Pat Oaks

Joy

9/18/2020

0 Comments

 
How do you find it?
What does it feel like?
What does it do for you?
If you lose it, how do you get it back?


I have thought a lot about these questions lately.  Seems like joy is an illusive feeling that all of us want but seem to find so hard to have.  Every time I hear someone say "I just want to be happy", or "I just want my children--spouse--friend to be happy", it sounds as if being happy is the ultimate goal of every human being.  It's to be had, no matter the cost. 

Advertisements even suggest that everyone is entitled to happiness. They imply that if you don't have a certain "thing" you can't be happy.  The only way to happiness is to get what you "deserve."  The words "happy" and "happen" have the same root.  "Happy" is a condition of everything "happening" the way you want it to, which very rarely "happens."

"You asked for it...you got it."  

"Don't settle for less when you deserve more."

"How to ask for the raise you deserve."

"Give her the home she deserves." 


I could go on but you get the picture.  I covet joy....real joy.  The joy that only comes from the Lord.  Happiness is fleeting.  Joy is something you can carry deep inside you all the time, no matter your circumstances.  That is what I pray for, both for myself and all of you.

The good thing about remaining joyful is that, every now and then, the Lord throws in a totally unexpected HAPPY!  How wonderful is that!
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Subscribe



    ​Archives

    January 2023
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.