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NASB | Lamentations 3:17 My soul has been rejected from peace; I have forgotten happiness. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Lamentations 3:17 My soul has been cast far away from peace; I have forgotten happiness. |
Bible Question:
WSJ says "As a country, we (USA) are richer than ever. Yet surveys show that Americans are no happier than they were 30 years ago." But what is "happiness"? What is the happiness we (USA) have forgotten? Would you define happiness from the Biblical perspective? |
Bible Answer: 00123 - C. S. Lewis looked upon happiness as being by and large something fleeting and ephemeral, easily obtained even from a jug of wine, but short lived. He drew a distinction between happiness and joy, saying that joy -- and by this he meant the joy that is peculiar to the follower of Christ -- comes from the inner core of one's being and continues throughout life, untouched by exterior circumstances. ..... Here's a challenging exercise that will help anyone who is willing to pursue it diligently to attain a deeper understanding of what these words happiness and joy mean as they are used in Scripture. Go to the Get Bible Text engine on the right column of this page. First, type in the word happiness and presss Search. You will get 4 references. Next, enter the word happy and press Search. You will get 14 references. Finally, enter the word joy and press Search. You will get a whopping 230 references. ....... I believe that anyone who will exert the effort to perform this exercise as indicated, who will read all the references in context, will come away with a richer understanding of what these words mean in biblical usage. It does call for a little toil, but, after all, there is no royal road to learning, not even to learning the Bible. But being able rightly to handle the word of truth is a command. See 2 Timothy 2:15 |
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Wild Olive Shoot | ||
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Hank |