Happiness is...

I really do miss singing Sunday school songs. Here's one I remembered today:

Happiness is to know the Savior
Living a life within His favor,
Having a change in my behavior
Happinesss is the Lord

Happiness is a new creation
Jesus in me in close relation
Having a part in His salvation
Happiness is the Lord
Real joy is mine
No matter if teardrops start,
I've found the secret --
It's Jesus in my heart!

Happiness is to be forgiven
Living the life that worth the living
Taking a trip that leads to heaven
Happiness is the Lord, Happiness is the Lord
Happiness is the Lord!

courtesy of http://www.hymnlyrics.org/lyricsh/happiness_is.html
 

Have you ever?

Have you ever reached what you thought was your end?

Have you ever sat down and asked "When will it ever mend?"

Ever felt like everywhere you turn, complications extend a hand?

A hand you'd rather not take, one you wish was never offered

I'm sure many of you are nodding, saying in your head,

"I've been there!"
    
         "I know that place too well"

Do I have good news for us? I just might

Cause what I do know is it always gets better

For sure.


Have you ever tried to track your progress in that place?

That place of doom and gloom and nothing good

Positive progress, where the cloudy sky is clearing?

Have you ever noticed that you don't always notice

Notice when things start to light up?

When the room starts to get warm?

When darkness loses its foreboding nature?

Ever thought of a brand new day

As a whitewashed wall?

A clean slate, a new start?

Seriously, have you ever wondered

why the Sun just doesn't appear in the sky?

Ever pondered?

On why She has to go through the process of rising up into the sky?

Have you ever realised?

Realised that everyone gets another chance?

So never give up.

It may seem hard, it may seem blurred

Soon enough, things will clear

And your question will turn around and be

"I never knew... I had such strength,

such faith, such a great support around me,

such a loving Lord and Creator

Had I never, would I have ever?"