Divorces happen because ‘I’m not happy any more in this marriage’. Why exactly would the Founding Fathers put our then fledgling nation on a quest for happiness? And believe it or not, Americans in huge numbers have been on that quest for that elusive goal ever since then. John Lennon ominously and famously said ‘happiness is a warm gun’ but of course he was being his usual sarcastic self. Neither is it the same thing as joy, at least not the joy that Galatians says is part of the fruit of the Spirit. What exactly is happiness? Is it the same thing as ‘godliness with contentment’? I don’t think so.
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