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"Ninure Saunders" |
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30 Jul 2004 06:50:11 AM |
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If You Want to be Happy For the Rest of Your Life |
If You Want to be Happy For the Rest of Your Life
Psalm 34:12-14 Who is the man who desires life, and covets days that he
may enjoy good? Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking
deceit. Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
This passage is quoted in 1 Peter 3:10-11
The tone and hue of this passage is one of advice. Who enjoys life? Who
loves living? Who wants to enjoy the good things? The Psalmist seeks to
teach the reader. It is as if he says, "you want those things, then do
these things. Keep your tongue and lips from evil. In fact, depart from
evil completely, do good, seek peace and pursue those things."
It really is good advice. It was with these words that Jonathan Edwards
admonished his congregation when he was being thrown out of it. There was
a chance for a great division and adversity to occur within the church.
Edwards told them, in his farewell sermon, to seek to avoid contention and
linked this passage with 2 Corinthians 13:11, wishing the congregation to
be, "of one mind."
I am sure I do not know the secret to happiness in this life, but I do
know that some things help happiness more than hurt it. A family that has
peace, a church that is unified, and a devotion to God that is steadfast
are all things that aid happiness.
So how is this attained? The passage gives us a clue if not the answer.
Those who keep their tongue from evil, do good, and seek peace are, at
least, on the way toward a happy life. In fact, the beauty of the passage
may be that it doesn't overwhelm us. There are only three things given for
us to work on; watch our tongue, seek goodness, and peace. Those are big
ones, but they are simple enough to allow us to evaluate ourselves.
Six men were traveling together a while ago. One asked the others to
respond to the question, "Are you happy, fully happy?" The first to
respond was one who had recently acquired a fortune on the stock market
and had invested it so that he was now set for life. He had a devoted
family, but the thought that he must one day leave these things made him
fear the decline of his life. No, not fully happy.
An decorated officer from Desert Storm said he had known glory on the
battle field, but during one battle had found a fellow officer dying. He
tried to help his friend who said to him, "Thank you, it is too late. We
must all die: think about it, think about it." The words haunted him.
A poet told of all the pleasures he had enjoyed with the Muses, of the
applause of people, of his fame which was immortal, but in the end, he was
dissatisfied. He said, "What is the worth of such immortality?"
A lawyer, age 70, said he had worked his entire life to reach where he now
was. He had health, wealth, reputation, and domestic happiness. He now had
all he had ever desired, except one thing, he had no contentment and was
not able to enjoy all that he had.
Finally, A painter said he had searched the world in vain for happiness.
He said he had been led through his reading and study of the Bible to see
himself a sinner, and to look upon Christ as his Saviour. Since then he
had found peace, contentment, and joy. He had no fear of his death, which
was as he saw it, just the beginning. He was happy now, and looked forward
to the future.
Soli Deo Gloria,
T-
Ninure Saunders aka Rainbow Christian
http://Rainbow-Christian.tk
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| User: "Terrell D Lewis" |
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| Title: Re: If You Want to be Happy For the Rest of Your Life |
30 Jul 2004 11:11:48 AM |
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On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 11:50:11 GMT,
RainbowChristiannohate@Rainbow-Christian.tk (Ninure Saunders) wrote:
If You Want to be Happy For the Rest of Your Life
Never make a pretty woman your wife...
Sorry, couldn't resist.
Terrell
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| User: "Ninure Saunders" |
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| Title: Re: If You Want to be Happy For the Rest of Your Life |
30 Jul 2004 05:25:27 PM |
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In article <toskg01af0gq0kanunstmldbb3vrl1pc15@4ax.com>, Terrell D Lewis
<composer7NOSPAM@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
-On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 11:50:11 GMT,
-RainbowChristiannohate@Rainbow-Christian.tk (Ninure Saunders) wrote:
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->If You Want to be Happy For the Rest of Your Life
-Never make a pretty woman your wife...
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-Sorry, couldn't resist.
That okay!!
That dnaged tune has been in my head all day....
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-Terrell
Ninure Saunders aka Rainbow Christian
http://Rainbow-Christian.tk
The Lord is my Shepherd and He knows I'm Gay
http://Ninure-Saunders.tk
Take my polls
http://ninure.100megsfree5.com
My Yahoo Group
http://Ninure.tk
My Online Diary
http://www.ninure.deardiary.net
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Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches
http://www.MCCchurch.org
To send e-mail, remove nohate from address
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| User: "Terrell D Lewis" |
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| Title: Re: If You Want to be Happy For the Rest of Your Life |
30 Jul 2004 05:37:24 PM |
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On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 22:25:27 GMT,
RainbowChristiannohate@Rainbow-Christian.tk (Ninure Saunders) wrote:
In article <toskg01af0gq0kanunstmldbb3vrl1pc15@4ax.com>, Terrell D Lewis
<composer7NOSPAM@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
-On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 11:50:11 GMT,
-RainbowChristiannohate@Rainbow-Christian.tk (Ninure Saunders) wrote:
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->If You Want to be Happy For the Rest of Your Life
-Never make a pretty woman your wife...
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-Sorry, couldn't resist.
That okay!!
That dnaged tune has been in my head all day....
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LOL
Those tunes like that have a way of doing that.
Terrell
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