Happiness

Happiness.......Unhappiness.........

You might think it's really a simple word but I have learned to think of it as a little more complicated. For instance. Have you ever been affected by someone's happiness or better yet someone's unhappiness. I could give so many examples of this just like you could but being as I'm recently married ill use my husband as an example. When he's happy it rubs off on me and when he's unhappy I can't shake the  hurt in my heart for him. But beyond the immediate feelings of happiness and unhappiness we all experience what is true happiness and unhappiness? 

Every question I have ever asked, no matter how small has always been answered when I open my Bible. I think the best example of happiness is found in Psalm 37:1-8 but especialy v4 'Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.' 

I dare you to try and find compleatly whole and content happiness without God. I know I didn't. And if you can't find happiness without God what will you have? That's right, unhappiness. With God you have everything (happiness) without God you have nothing (unhappiness). 

Hobbies :)

hobbies........I have lots of hobbies. One of my favorites being cooking.
So I was thinking......stand back folks she might blow.......why do I love cooking? I mean there are the basic reasons, being, I would die without food and all but why do I really, really love it?

It makes people smile. Did you know food had that kind of power over people? I know weird right?!?!?! Well, any way, it does. I have very much enjoyed Pintrest when it comes to my favorite hobby :) It was my plans to go to school and become a chef but being as I will be moving with my lovely husband to be next October those plans are postponed :)

What to say...... nope that's it. I love cooking :) it is my favorite hobby :)

Habits

I'm new to all this so this is how ill start off.

H-A-B-I-T-S

Honor all by increasing today spiritually.

Now I had to really think about this for a minute when I first started typing this all out. Do I honor all by increasing today spiritually? I have to answer this honestly because, after all, everything on the Internet is true..... The answer is more often than not, no. Does that make me happy? No. is that the way is should be? No. Well I hope this will help me to be able to answer all of those questions yes.

Honor

According to Dictionary.com honor is:

1. honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
2. a source of credit or distinction: to be an honor to one's family.
3. high respect, as for worth, merit, or rank: to be held in honor.
4. such respect manifested: a memorial in honor of the dead.
5. high public esteem; fame; glory: He has earned his position of honor.
6. to hold in honor or high respect; revere: to honor one's parents.

This is how the Bible applies the definition:

John 5:23

²³ That all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

Romans 2:9-10

⁹ tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek; ¹⁰ but glory, honor, and peace to everyone who works what is good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

Romans 12:10

¹⁰ Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another;

All

According to Dictionary.com all is:

1. the whole of (used in referring to quantity, extent, or duration): all the cake; all the way; all year.
2. the whole number of (used in referring to individuals or particulars, taken collectively): all students.
3. the greatest possible (used in referring to quality or degree):with all due respect; with all speed.
4. every: all kinds; all sorts.

This is how the Bible applies the definition:

Matthew 28:19

¹⁹ Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

By Increasing

According to Dictionary.com increasing is:

1. growing larger or greater; enlarging; augmenting.
2. Mathematics . (of a function) having the property that for any two points in the domain such that one is larger than the other, the image of the larger point is greater than or equal to the image of the smaller point; non decreasing.

This is how the Bible applies the definition:

Acts 5:14
And believers were increasingly added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women,

Colossians 1:10

 that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God

Luke 2:52
And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

Luke 17:5
And the apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”

Today

 According to Dictionary.com today is:

1. this present day: Today is beautiful.
2. this present time or age: the world of today.

This is how the Bible applies the definition:

Luke 19:5

⁵ And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him, and said to him,“Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for today I must stay at your house.”

James 4:13-16

¹³ Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will^[g] go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; ¹⁴ whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. ¹⁵ Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.” ¹⁶ But now you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.

Spiritually

According to Dictionary.com spiritually is:

1. of, pertaining to, or consisting of spirit;  incorporeal.
2. of or pertaining to the spirit  or soul, as distinguished from the physical nature: a spiritual approach to life.
3. closely akin in interests, attitude, outlook, etc.: the professor's spiritual heir in linguistics.
4. of or pertaining to spirits  or to spiritualists;  supernatural or spiritualistic.
5. characterized by or suggesting predominance of the spirit;ethereal or delicately refined: She is more of a spiritual type than her rowdy brother.
6. of or pertaining to the spirit  as the seat of the moral or religious nature.
7. of or pertaining to sacred things or matters; religious;devotional; sacred
8. of or belonging to the church; ecclesiastical: lords spiritual and temporal.

This is how the Bible applies the definition:

Romans 8:6
For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

1 Corinthians 2:14
But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

So do your daily habits (Honor all by increasing today spiritually.)I don't know about you but just in doing the research for this I realized quit ea bit that I need to change in my life. Hope it helps you some too.