Who wants to be happy?! You do? Why do you want to be happy?
The reason I want to be happy is because when i'm happy I feel closer to God and the scary world we live in seems a little bit brighter. But have you ever thought about where true happiness comes from and how we can attain it?
"Happiness is the object and design of our existence; and it will be the end thereof if we pursue the path that leads to it; and this path is virtue, uprightness, faithfulness, holiness, and keeping all the commandments of God." (emphasis added)
We are designed to be happy! Our Heavenly Father created us to be happy! In the Book of Mormon we read that "Adam fell that men might be, and men are that they might have joy." (2 Nephi 2:25. Emphasis added). God created us to have joy, but will not force us to be happy. He knows the way to be happy and will teach us how to be happy, but it is up to us to choose that path.
"Wherefore, men are free according to the flesh; and all things are given them which are expedient unto man. And they are free to choose liberty and eternal life, through the great Mediator of all men, or to choose captivity and death, according to the captivity and power of the devil; for he seeketh that all men might be miserable like unto himself." (2 Nephi 2:27 emphasis added)
May we all pursue the path of liberty and eternal life by being virtuous, upright, faithful, holy, and by keeping all the commandments of God. I know that our Heavenly Father desires us to be happy because when I feel His Spirit I am filled with joy. I testify that He lives and loves us. He loves each of us so much that He sent His son, Jesus Christ, to die so we might live and find eternal happiness.
2 comments:
I think we forget sometimes that happiness is something that requires sacrifice and work. :P I know this gospel brings pure joy, not fleeting happiness that the world offers. :)
Very True. The best things in life are bought, not Got. If we want true happiness we can't expect it to just land in our lap. But as we seek it and work for it by choosing the path that leads to it we can have it.
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