“I will bless with happiness the one who trusts in me, the one who trusts in me alone.”
(Jeremiah 17:7, the Passion Translation)

Happiness is found in trust.

It may seem to us that our joy is about control—about feeling that we can run our lives the way we want and choose according to our own personal preferences. This may feel like a satisfying state, one where we get all that we desire.

But ultimately this is both misguided and a burden. Believing that we are in charge of our destinies or wishing we personally could design everything according to our own vision, leaves us with the weighty responsibility both for ourselves and for how our actions may affect others. Likewise, we may find that what we see as ideal isn’t truly satisfying our deeper desires, providing true contentment and a progressive state of being.

Let’s drop that burden and give up the possibility of failure. Let’s instead trust in God Who made us, knows us, and can see clearly what is right for our lives. Our lives are not a burden to Him, and the rightness of them is essential to Him. For as we humbly let go of ego and self, and yield to God’s Love, we naturally express what He would have seen and known about Himself that we alone can uniquely show forth.

We can rely on God, not self or others, and we will be blessed with a true happiness that celebrates God’s Life and Love and satisfies us more than just superficially, but in a deep and lasting way, as God’s blessings naturally do.

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