Oh happy day ...

Monday, Feb 16, 2015. Good morning. How are you doing this morning? Is it a happy day? Or is it a sad day? How are your feelings and expectations doing this morning? In Germany we have “Fasching”, Carnival … a lot of people will be on the roads today in colorful costumes. A happy day …

Expectations and Perspectives …

What is it that makes you most happy? Recently, I went for a walk with my wife. There was a lot to see, we walked along the Main river, we visitied some castle - and it was all quite nice. Yet, afterwards she complained that I did not properly respond to her efforts to get into a nice conversation. Expectations were different, and somehow I did not realize them. I had been following various lines of thought during the walk … but not those of my wife, which did not make her very happy.

What is it that makes you most happy, currently?

So often there are little things which make us happy: things in our immediate environment, which help us or support us. Yet, there are much greater things which can make us happy. They will make us happy, when we fully understand, when we fully realize their significance and meaning. What is it which is so significant?

Eternal Life …

The Christian faith is about the relationship between humans and God. It is about the purpose of life, about love and truth. It is about the goals we have in life. It is about our whole existence, our emotions, our reason, our heart and our soul! It is about death and life, about waking up, getting to know God. It is about the adventure of life. Jesus tells his disciples:

Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life. (John 5, 24)

Jesus is giving us far reaching promises. When we hear his word - that is just happening this moment, when we read this - and when we believe him, we have eternal life. Our life immediately takes part in the life, which he has and he has come to bring to us. We are free, free from the need to prove ourselves, free from the need to do, to fight, to succeed.

Happyness comes, when we discover Jesus. Happyness comes, when we discover his freedom, his truthfulness, his faith. Joy is there, where his spirit is. It is the joy of a community, which is eternal, which is not bound to the limits of space and time. It is a happy day, when his freedom reaches our heart. Joy is one of the companions of faith. Oh happy day …! (RWEP) ... more texts