Pearly Whites

"He must increase, but I must decrease."

John 3:30

"How do you stay so happy all the time?"

I had to laugh a little when I was asked this. It is usually interesting how a non-Christian or a new believer views me. They tell me about life and complains about its hardship, yet they look at me. Am I an idiot? Has the world pushed me so far that I don't care anymore?

No!

When I was a young Christian, I had a group of guys that I always hung out with. I have to say that these guys were something else! They were funny, never uttered a single curse word, happy, optimistic, and just gung ho about everything. I thought that they were just a bunch of those closet angry people or something is missing in their heads, but no, something was definitely up.

.. and that was the love of Christ. As I was trying to comfort a friend, I explained, "I believe because I have seen; I have seen enough to know.. that God exists. I worship Him because He gave everything; gave and gave until He died. Likewise, I am trying to do the same because I know of this true Love. I am cheerful because I have the greatest Love in the world in my life!"

The response I got was something along the lines of, "Haha I should talk to you more often!"

Happiness isn't hard to come by. As a matter of fact, its usually right under your nose :)

Amen.