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Religion >> Is It Really Possible To Find Real Happiness? |
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2006-02-20
| Ian Glover
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I used to ask myself this question "how do you find real
happiness" day after day after day. It just seemed to be so
elusive and as I looked around at other people who seemed to be
so happy I just wondered why I was so different - or was I?
I did not enjoy the drudgery of going to a job that I didn't
particularly like but when I began to work for myself I thought
that that would change - I did enjoy what I was doing and
although I had some happy times there was still something
missing.
I read a lot of books and decided that if I earned lots more
money then that would make the difference and then I would be
truly happy and would then have a peace and contentment in my
life - well I did earn more one year but that didn't find me the
happiness I yearned for. It must have been that I hadn't earned
enough and this went on and on until I eventually realised that
no matter what I earned it just didn't give me these real
feelings of happiness and contentment - not permanently anyway
because of course there were the temporary highs when I was able
to go cruising around the Caribbean.
I had a lovely family and yes of course I enjoyed life but as
before there really was something missing - it was like there
was a vast hole in my life and I just didn't know how and where
I was going to find what I was looking for.
We all have out highs and lows in life and I think the time has
to be right for that miraculous event to take place and boy that
sure happened to me - it was like a bolt out of the blue and
totally unexpected - I had found my maker, the Lord God when I
just had not been looking for him at all - rather HE found me.
I just had to write my experiences down because I've just never
felt so happy and at peace in my entire life - of course I get
some bad days, don't we all but they are so rare it's incredible
- this record of my experiences were read by others who said
that I should turn them into a book because of what it might do
for others - well I've done just that and some of the "feedback"
I've had has made me cry tears of joy - I just bless the day
that Jesus came into my life.
A recent testimonial, exerts of which are included below, show
just why I want this book to reach and touch people who are
looking for what I've found.
I LAVISHED your book. My life was in shambles; my wife had
divorced me and tonight I was in such a state of despair that I
had rung my Mother to tell her that suicide was my only option -
after reading your book I have a peace about me that I have not
had since I was 19 and I'm 56 now. Thank you thank you for
allowing God to speak through you to me - I now feel a complete
relief from all the pain and misery I have known for the past 37
years and I thank you for saving my life - actually GOD SAVED MY
LIFE but you threw me the life preserver - may God continue to
bless you, your family and your ministry.
Roy Thompson, Atlanta, Georgia - royjrthompson@bellsouth.net
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