Colors of Happiness

Come awhile into our garden and

enjoy the colors of happiness.

Our flowers are smiling at you.

These days I am reading a daily devotional

by Joni Earickson Tada called

"More Precious Than Silver"

It has many gems in it.

I love this quote by Peter Kreft

" The state of mind is like light:

travelling faster than matter,

yet making no sound,

no perturbation.

Pleasure is like the restless mind moving

along a line never reaching the end.

Happiness is the mind resting at the end.

Joy is the mind eternally moving

at the end

motion at a point;

the cosmic dance.

Pleasure is moving;

happiness is still;

joy is moving while still.

Pleasure is like work,

happiness is like sleep,

joy is like play.

Pleasure is like action,

happiness is like rest,

joy is like contemplation.

Pleasure is a river running to the sea,

happiness is the full , calm sea;

joy is like a great and glorious storm on the sea."

When was the last time you did something childlike out of sheer joy?

Said something childlike?

If these thoughts energize you express your delight in God in the way a child would...