I think this will be my last post on this blog. I feel like I want to blog, but this one is already set up for a specific purpose and I want it to stay that way. It's my mission blog. I'm not a missionary anymore, not a full-time one anyway. And I want to look back and remember this time that I've had...leaving it practically untouched.
So for my last post, I'll share some thoughts I've had recently:
I feel like most people are on their own "search for happiness" in life. We're all seeking to figure out what that really means and if its possible. How does one become happy? Once happiness is found, how is it maintained?
I was talking to my mom the other day. She was telling me about this conversation that she had with a co-worker. She was speaking with this woman about being happy, and this woman said something very profound and doctrinally correct. She said something along the lines of "Happiness is temporary. Sometimes life is hard and you can't really be happy in those moments. Peace, though, is everlasting. So don't search to be happy. Search to have peace."
It's so true. Sometimes we just can't be happy! Sometimes there seems to be no hope or our daily lives are filled with trial and difficulty. I don't know about you, but I'm still trying to learn to be happy during my trials, haha. So searching for peace is so much more important; peace in your success, peace in your growth, peace in your future and in your past. Peace comes from God. When He is pleased with us, we can feel of the love that He has for us. We can feel His presence in our lives.
So, as I try to move on to a more full chapter of my life - a better way of living - I'm going to try to remind myself that I am living each day to find an everlasting peace. That means that, no, I won't always be happy. However, I can be pleased with my commitment to live deliberately and become who I am meant to be.
For whoever is out there that might be reading, know that you are a powerful child of God. You are loved. You are watched over. You are special simply because you are you and no one else. That is good enough for God, let it be good enough for you.
Remember who you are (there is my cheesy sign-off line for the blog)
-Zoë
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