Tuesday, July 28, 2015
If I were to ask you to describe a happy man, what would you say? That would describe what you truly believe will make you happy in this life. This is how someone details the life of a happy man.
The happy man was born in the city of Regeneration in the parish of Repentance unto life. He was educated in the school of Obedience. He has a large estate in the county of Christian Contentment, and many times does jobs of self-denial, wears the garment of Humility, and has another suit to put on when he goes to Court, called the Robe of Christ's Righteousness. He often walks in the valley of Self-Abasement, and sometimes climbs the mountains of Heavenly-mindedness. He breakfasts every morning on Spiritual Prayer, and sups every evening on the same. He has meat to eat that the world knows not of, and his drink is the sincere milk of the Word of God. Thus happy he lives, and happy he dies. Happy is he who has Gospel submission in his will, due order in affections, sound peace in his conscience, real Divinity in his breast; the Redeemer's yoke on his neck, a vain world under his feet, and the crown of glory over his head. Happy is the life of that man who believes firmly, prays fervently, walks patiently, works abundantly, lives holy, dies daily, watches his heart, guides his senses, redeems his time, loves Christ and longs for glory. He is necessitated to take the world on his way to heaven, but he walks through as fast as he can, and all his business by the way is to make himself and others happy. Take him all in all, in two words, he is a Man and a Christian. - Lauchlan Mackenzie
This almost seems like the modern-day Beatitudes - what it would look like to live a happy (blessed) life.
The Christian life is meant to be vastly different from what the world perceives will bring happiness, in fact it might be seen to bring sorrow. But the amazing thing is that it does the opposite! This is because we have the indwelling of the Holy Spirit and a Blessed hope (:
avoid the aliens;
12:11 PM
