God wants you happy

I came across this book recently and I thought I would share some excerpts of it, in the hope that by reading them you’ll be encouraged to read the entire book yourselves.

The book is titled the same “God wants you Happy” by Jonathon Morris. What do I love about this book? Well first of all, the language is really accessible and easy to read. But most of all, I love how he explains with easy steps how to get back on track with your life with the help of God. He gives examples of people he knows that followed his advice and come around to being a better and happier person. The stories are real and raw, and help really to feel that it is totally possible to know that God wants you happy and fully you - not a different version of you - but entirelly you.

So without further ado, here are some excerpts that I hope help you today :)

Being saints has less to do with halos and folded hands and more to do with living life to the full—becoming everything God created us to be.

He will bring out of every bad situation, out of every single instance of pain and suffering in our lives, a greater good—yes, an even greater good than the goodness we are missing now—if we let him!

Happiness is more about being than about having; we might say it’s about the heart resting in the right place.

The Bible is essentially a love story between God and us, his sons and daughters. When you read the Gospels—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John—try to keep your heart wide open to God’s whispers.

In the project of personal renewal, we can’t wait for the perfect time, or for some irresistible inspiration, or for a spectacular convergence of events. We must just begin.

I asked her if she wanted to be truly free. I asked her if she was willing to let go of the past and experience freedom-living in the present. These questions are essential because we can get used to being a victim, and if we don’t want freedom, God won’t force it on us. We can become accustomed and even attached to our suffering. We wonder who we would be if we didn’t have to deal with this or that issue. God will never free us if we choose to stay stuck.

The ideal that Jesus holds out to us is very, very high, but we miss the point of human flourishing—living as spirit-filled men and woman—if we confuse his plan for us with mere human perfection. Jesus is interested in our becoming more like him, more like his Father, and that kind of transformation can happen only in the heart and only through the infusion of God’s grace.

And lastly -

Living faith is knowing experientially, in my bones, who I am as a beloved child of God with a great mission to fulfill on earth; it is being aware of who I am called to be, and being confident in the inestimable value of what I am doing right now, right here, as a Junior Partner of the Holy Spirit, engaged in redemption. It is jumping enthusiastically into making history, even if what I might accomplish, if all goes well, is so small that nobody will even notice.

I hope that might entice you to read this book. It’s well worth it.