QUESTION: "why is happiness about as hard to find as the end of a rainbow?"
ANSWER: Perhaps even a rainbow is not good enough.
Happiness does not consist in the abundance of possessions, even rainbows (Luke 12:15), but in the glory of one who who sits on the throne surrounded by a rainbow (Revelation 4:3). In this life we will have trouble (John 16:33), so pity those who are numb, and praise Him - Jesus - in the storm:
We went to famous caves, nice hotel, 4 star restaurants, walked along three rivers, boat rides in the Chesapeake, camped and traveled through the beautiful Shenandoah mountains and topped it off with a professional baseball game. Not enough. In great anguish I went to God and He redeemed the time, though not in their eyes. Do not grow weary of doing good, it is not in vain.
The day of no more tears, no more pain will come (Rev 21:4). Maybe that's why Bluebirds fly OVER the rainbow, beyond it, to God.
Happiness does not consist in the abundance of possessions, even rainbows (Luke 12:15), but in the glory of one who who sits on the throne surrounded by a rainbow (Revelation 4:3). In this life we will have trouble (John 16:33), so pity those who are numb, and praise Him - Jesus - in the storm:
And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will not hide himself anymore, but your eyes shall see your Teacher. (Isaiah 30:20)Isn't that why we who mourn will be blessed, comforted (Matthew 5:4)? We grow in endurance, character and hope (Romans 5:3-4) as we sit before the throne. I had a difficult week last week; invested money I didn't have in a trip with my sons to visit my 81 year old uncle Bobby and his wife Joan. The boys never met my father, and I wanted them to gain a sense of the story they were part of. Despite all I could do, they could not be happy, or content.
We went to famous caves, nice hotel, 4 star restaurants, walked along three rivers, boat rides in the Chesapeake, camped and traveled through the beautiful Shenandoah mountains and topped it off with a professional baseball game. Not enough. In great anguish I went to God and He redeemed the time, though not in their eyes. Do not grow weary of doing good, it is not in vain.
The day of no more tears, no more pain will come (Rev 21:4). Maybe that's why Bluebirds fly OVER the rainbow, beyond it, to God.
Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high
There's a land that I heard of
Once in a lullaby
Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue
And the dream that you dare to dream
Really does come true
One day I wish upon a star
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Way upon the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me
Somewhere over the rainbow
Blue birds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why, oh why can't I?
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Way upon the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me
Somewhere over the rainbow
Blue birds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why, oh why can't I?
