Happiness is temporary, joy is forever

So it’s the last day of 2022 and what a year it has been! This year has had it’s ups and downs but overall I cannot complain. The good weighed out the bad, there was a lot more positive outcomes than negative and I am so grateful for it all. I achieved things that I never thought I would such as climbing Snowdon Mountain in Wales for my best friends birthday; 5 hours up and 5 hours back down! I purchased my first ever car this year and I finally figured out my career calling and on the journey of progressing towards it.

Most importantly, I strengthened my personal relationship with God. I always felt like I had a good relationship with him, growing up in the church, therefore already having the privilege of knowing him so early in my life, the will to pray, getting baptised at 18, experiencing the quickening of the spirit.

However, this year was different. I wanted to experience God in a different way like never before. From the ages of 18-25, even though I was a born again Christian I was not living up to the name. I done things my own way because my mindset was; ‘I’m young, I wanted to experience things, I want to have fun, I don’t want to be boring.’

Nevertheless, I realised that nothing in this world is more important or more beneficial than improving and enhancing your relationship with Christ. I came to the understanding that the world can only give you temporary happiness but true joy, true peace and true love comes from God.

Happiness is temporary, but joy is forever.  

The pleasures of this world is temporary, it last a short while. Things come and go in this life and it can be so fickle; forever changing, nothing stays the same. In 1 John 2:15-17 it states; ‘Do not love the world, or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the father is not in him. For all that is in the world the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the pride of life is not of the father but is of the world and the world passeth away and the lust thereof but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever,’

Have you ever heard that quote ‘nothing last forever?’ Nothing in this world remains, things change, evolve, eventually become non-existent.

Yet, my God is the same yesterday, today and forevermore (Hebrews 13:8). He will never change!

You want true joy, peace and love? Guess what? This world will never give it to you. Those blessings come from God and him alone. 

As we move into the new year, use your 2023 to develop your relationship with Christ, seek ye first the Kingdom of God and these things shall be added unto you (Matthew 6:33).  

Have a blessed 2023 😊


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Does God really give his toughest battles to his strongest soldiers?

​ I have been wanting to write a blog on the quote: “God gives his toughest battles to his strongest soldiers” for some time, but didn’t quite know how to go about it. However, it is something that has been playing on my mind, so it’s time I wrote my thoughts on it.   So what does it mean for God to give his toughest battles to his strongest soldiers? This quote illustrates that God specifically chooses people to endure a struggle that is worse than someone else’s because he knows those particular individuals will be able to handle it. So many people live by this quote. They believe that because they are going through a hard time that is deemed worse than others, automatically they must be assigned as Gods strongest soldier.  Nevertheless, I wrote this blog to explain how dangerous this quote is and I’ll tell you why.   The scripture warns us on comparing ourselves to others. It tells us in Galatians 6:4 ‘Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pri...
Read more

Should Christians celebrate Halloween?

Halloween is a holiday celebrated each year on October 31 st and has a very dark, spiritual history. It was influenced by the traditional ancient Celtic festival of Samhain; where it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth. It also marked the end of summer, the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of year that was often associated with human death; a day deeply linked to ghost and superstitions. The Celts believed they could commune with the dead more easily on this day, therefore they would light bonfires and wear costumes typically made of animal heads to ward off the evil, harmful spirits. From the late 15 th century, people began wearing demonic outfits to represent winter spirts or demons. Individuals would mainly dress up as witches or the devil for Halloween. Witches use magic or supernatural powers to harm others and the Bible tells us that we should not be among those who engage in witchcraft, cast spells or consult the dead (Deuteron...
Read more

You have purpose

Hey guys welcome back to another blog :) I hope you’re all well!  We’ve entered into a new month. I pray this month will open new doors and new opportunities for you. I pray this month you will receive unexpected blessings. I pray this month will be so much better than you expected it to be.  I wanted to take some time to write another blog, to let you all know that you have reached this new month for a reason.  You have a purpose!  You are still standing, still breathing, still living because God is not done with you! God is still working on and through you! God is still preparing a way for you! God is still moulding you! Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. Philippians 1:6 NIV I know some of you may be facing some hardship, you may be feeling quite sad, low, maybe quite angry and frustrated. Some of you may feel like you’ve failed and no longer want to be here. But please do not ...
Read more