A's Happiness Blogs

Find yourself a quiet place and just reflect. Think back on all you have gone through in your life.    How did you handle it? Did you feel alone? Did you feel like it was something that you could not handle on your own?   We all have had that feeling in our lives. We all have felt like we could not handle the situation that we were placed in. We even question why we were going through what we were going through.   We might have found ourselves saying “I cannot handle this. This is too much for me.” Or we may be finding ourselves questioning why things are happing.    But I am gaining the understanding as I grow older, that it is in our going through the things we do, it makes us grow stronger in the Lord.  Why, because we come to the understanding that God is there with us no matter what.    This is why I want you to be somewhere quiet and just think.     Think back on all you have gone through in your life. All the good things and ...

We all have seen someone they say that they are Christian and that they love the Lord. They say they go to church, and talk about how much they love the Lord. But if you be around them long enough, you see that they don’t live what they are talking about. More than likely, it’s the way they interact with others, or even how they speak that gives them away. And we look at that person and start questioning them about their walk with God.  Now they say that they walk with the Lord, but their actions don't show otherwise. And we are quick to say that their walk with God needs work.  But let’s take a good look at ourselves for a moment. Are we taking our walk with God seriously? It’s easy for us to look at others and have an opinion about how they act and  come to the conclusion that their walk with God is not where it needs to be.   But When are we going to look at ourselves and take inventory on our own lives? That is a valid question, because it is easy for us to ...

Scripture for the week:  

I am Something out of the Ordinary     Me and a friend of mine were having a conversation about different movies and TV shows that we have watched over the years. We talk about the different shows that we watch to give the other different ideas of what would be good to watch.   Well, I started naming some of the shows that I love to watch, and my friend got quiet.  I asked her what was wrong, and she started laughing and told me that one of the shows that I liked to watch, Stranger Things, was not something that I would normally watch.  She told me that she knew me and that I was not the type of person to watch Syfy shows. Which honestly, I don’t normally watch shows like that, but that is a great show for me.    But, when we got off the phone, I started thinking back on the conversation and how she stated it was out of the ordinary for me!   What! No one has ever said that to me before. But I had thought on how I have changed over the ...

As we are a few days into the New Year, I want us to keep a few things in mind. We need to Keep God first.                    The most important thing is that we need to make sure we are keeping God first in our lives. One way we can do that is to make sure we are spending more time with God. As much as we spend time looking at social media feeds, we need to spend that time talking to God.     Studying Gods word is one way we can spend more time with him. When we spend time in the bible, we get a better understanding of who God is to us and what he truly means to us. It shows us what God has for our lives and how we can achieve what the calling he has for our lives.  We must take time also in prayer.  But we have to make sure that it is not a one sided conversation. We must be able to take the time and listen to what God has to say to us.  Listening for the voice ...

  Father God,   We come to you as humble people.    We don’t deserve all that you have blessed us with in 2025. Lord we have stumbled and made mistakes, but your grace is enough is all that we need, and for that, we say thank you.    I ask that you forgive us for where we may have fallen short this year.  Help us to continue having faith in you, knowing your will is what’s best for us.  Now God as we go into 2026, I pray that you will touch our hearts and our minds.  I pray that we will draw closer to you, and learn to lean and depend more on you than ourselves.  Give us the strength to stand boldly for you. And no matter what, even if it is not comfortable for us, to do what you have called us to do.  Touch everyone reading this prayer. If it is your will, give them the desires of their hearts, and I ask that you bless them with whatever they may stand in need of . God we give your name the glory, honor and the praise. We thank you...