Happiness is...

"God is most glorified in us, when we are most satisfied in him." - John Piper

While struggling with an idea for this week's post, I saw a writing prompt that said "Happiness is..." and it got me thinking. What is happiness in a general sense? What makes me happy? How do I choose one thing, or elaborate on just one thing? And then I thought of the quote above.

The truth is, happiness is being so satisfied and contented in the Lord, that everything you do is a means of bringing glory to Him. You can glorify God whether you're drinking coffee or skydiving, and that's just pretty cool :) No part of me would be as happy as I am now if I did not know Jesus.

So my happiness is manifested in all sorts of things, which could mean a crazy busy day with the people I love, or a quiet tea party with my little sister. Not every day is butterflies and roses, but every day is filled with blessings and opportunities to glorify God. Good and bad; easy and hard...A way can be found to glorify Him in anything. I am certainly not claiming to be pleasing and glorifying God 24/7, or more often than anyone else. I'm a dirty rotten filthy stinking stupid sinner who simply cannot be perfect or even good. But what I can be, is forgiven...and not only can, but currently am because a perfect man (the ONLY one) experienced God's wrath and died on a cross, was buried, and rose again. Now all my sins are washed away. And because of that, I want to glorify and I want to please the Lord. Even in tasks I don't like to do or situations that just are not enjoyable, I can give glory and thanks to Him, because He is the one who deserves it.