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“We are on this earth to be happy. God is happiness, because God is absolute security. If you have discovered God in yourself, if you feel loved by God, sustained by God, carried along by God like a wave is carried along by the ocean—that is the ultimate accomplishment. And you will find God through love through gratitude and gratitude through happiness. God is that non-dependent happiness that subsists through betrayal, trials and failure.”
~~Arnaud Desjardins
The Jump into Life, p. 159
I believe this but don't know it all the time. I hope I am growing in this area of knowing that God is always within and around me, no matter how I feel.
2 comments:
Oh, yes. That "non-dependent happiness." It reminds me of that "discovery" I made in myself a few years back, when I realized there's a part of me that is inviolate--that cannot be harmed. A part of me that continues "happy" even when I'm in the midst of pain.
Thank you, Jan. So much.
Katherine, I am grateful for your comments and encouragement. Sometimes I know that "inviolate" space, but too often, I am unaware. I so desire to live in the knowing of God as "non-dependent happiness." I yearn for this heart knowledge.
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