17 Now the joy of Ammon was so great even that he was full; yea, he was swallowed up in the joy of his God, even to the exhausting of his strength; and he fell again to the earth.
18 Now was not this exceeding joy? Behold, this is joy which none receiveth save it be the truly penitent and humble seeker of happiness.
How great would it be to feel joy like this? I hope someday I do feel such joy. I love that last line.. "humble seeker of happiness". I want to be a humble seeker of happiness. I went to the temple today and the 1st counselor of the temple presidency actually came down and addressed the room. He said lots of things but what hit me most was that he said "if you want to be happy, be good." Its as simple as that. Be good and you'll be happy. I know when I'm not doing good because I am not as happy as I usually am. Not that I do terrible things, but when I lack on the basics, I feel like it effects my whole personality! I become a sullen and quiet, boing, sad person and I don't even like that person! So my goal is to be good. And that way, I will find it easier to be happy.
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