Happiness!

When You Are Truly Happy
He is Sufficient

My Mama says that no one can make you happy; you have to be happy with yourself. When I was a little girl looking for love and approval in all the wrong places, I had no clue what that meant. Honestly, it made me a little bit angry when she would say that.

As I grew older I looked for many things to make me happy. I just knew that when I could make my own choices, I would be happy. I was sure that when I had a job, that I would be happy. As an adult, I tried shopping, crafting (To the tune of an entire closet of unfinished craft ideas!), everything from selling cosmetics to candles, food, cigarettes and evenly cleaning! There wasn’t a self-help book, an internet study or a class that I could find true happiness in.

If that wasn’t enough, apparently like many women in the south, if I wasn’t happy, then no one else in my life could be happy either. They have a name down here for people like me….busy body! I, I, I, I….was a busy body!! Yes, you heard it here first….Kimberly Scott; CEO of Busy Body, Inc. The funny thing is that when I found true completeness in my life, I wasn’t concerned so much with the personal lives of others. I was quickly demoted (or promoted, depending on how you look at it!) from my CEO spot!

It took a while to get it, but God slowly (because I don’t catch on quickly) revealed to me that only true happiness can be found by seeking Him first. It’s pretty plain in His word in Luke, chapter 11; “For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.”

How many times have you knocked on the wrong door, seeking happiness? There never seems to be enough, does there? He is sufficient and plentiful. One of the great secrets to happiness is that if you aren’t finding it on Earth, look to the heavens. There you will find that little extra that you just can’t seem to get from any other source.

Unlike the closet in my house filled with all of the unfinished crafts (they love me at Michael’s!), your incomplete heart can be repaired and refilled with one knock on that door. Many of the incomplete crafts in that closet needing special equipment to complete, you only need one tool. The ultimate tool! Jesus Christ!