A's Happiness Blogs

This is not one of my normal blogs. This is more of a testimonial.    See, over the past 8 months, my husband has been going through a few battles of his own.  ( I mentioned it in my last blog but I did not go into depth about it)  On August 25, 2023, my husband and my oldest son was hit head on by a drunk driver. Praise God they both made it out alive, but my husband’s left leg was injured.  My son just had a few scrapes and bruises, but he is ok.    So, I have watched my husband go through this season in his life.  I saw him laying on a hospital bed with his leg bleeding bad, and I saw him being whisked away into emergency surgery.    I saw him spend 50 days in the hospital, all the while thanking God and praising him for everything he was going through.    Even now, as I write this, he is back home from the hospital recovering from an above knee amputation of his left leg.  But in spite of everything, from the mont...

May 17, 2007 was my wedding day. And though parts of it were not a happy time, when I saw my husband standing at the alter waiting on me on that Thursday night, I was so happy. I was starting my life with this person that I dated for three years.   I was excited to start my journey as his wife, but I had no clue what I was getting my self into.   When I got married, I had this illusion of something I say in the movies. I thought it was going to be all fun and games. We were going to love each other, and we were going to have a happy life and we were not going to have to go through anything.     But that is a different topic for another time.  When we got married, we had to say our wedding vows in front of everyone in the church.     We stood and we said those vows proudly. In front of every one that was there and God, we said those vows.    But who take their wedding vows seriously?    For me, August 2023 those vows took o...

  Recently, a situation happened that left me at a loss for words. I was shocked when it was told to me, and I began to get sad. But as I was sitting in my car, I immediately went into prayer, because I knew that me being sad would not do a thing. I needed strength to get through what was going on.   As I went on about my day, I kept hearing the word “trust.”   Trust? Why was this word placed on my heart?   So, I went and looked up the meaning of trust.  The meaning of trust is “firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something.”   “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths” (Proverbs 3:5&6)   Truly trust in the Lord it means that you have the firm belief In Gods ability to help us though out our lives and that Gods strength is way better than your own.    It was important for me to get to the point of ...

    "I will bless the Lord at all times: his praises shall continually be in my mouth" Psalms 34:1     Do we praise the Lord like we should? or do we just go about our day like he has not done anything for us?   David said it prefect in Psalms 34. He says "I will bless the Lord at all times."   That means no matter what you are going though, you should always praise the Lord.   We may find ourselves in a storm with nowhere to go, and we feel all alone. But if we just start praising God, we will see how we start feeling.    God has done so much for us when we did not deserve it, we should always want to praise him and thank him for being there for us.    We should not just praise God for what he did for us, but for who God is to you personally.   That is what I had to learn, who God was to me?   See, we don't always look at praising God for who he is. Sometimes we think we just need to praise God for what he had done in our...

Quality Time with God     Have you ever just been sitting at home by yourself, and you find yourself having a whole conversation with God? You may have thought you were going crazy, but the conversation was a good conversation.    It had you sort of in your feelings because you did not want it to end.  That is the most wonderful feeling in the world.    To know you have that kind of relationship with God where you can have a lovely conversation with him, and you know without a shadow of a doubt that it is him that you are having a conversation with.    I find it funny how I got to this point in my life of writing and sharing inspirational messages with you all.   I really started studying and getting into the bible a few years ago. I always heard of the importance of studying and having time with God, but I never really did it for myself. Even after watching the movie “War Room” I never really got into having time with God.  ...

You know, the past week has been one of the most trying times for me and my family. We had to go through the most emotional weeks that we have ever had. To be honest, I thought I was going to go insane for a while. I wanted to pray, but I found myself in a state of not knowing what to pray, or even how to pray for the situation.   It was hard. I called one of the leaders of the women Bible study group that I attend, and she prayed over me. That gave me peace, but I was still on edge about what I was going through. I had a very hard time expressing my feelings. I kept them inside because I honestly didn't know how to feel.  But then the Lord had to show me something. He had to show me who he was. I mean, sure I know who God is, and I know what he can do in certain situations.  I know what the bible says about having faith and I have done a lot of blogs and videos on having faith that I should not have a problem with anything.  But when God puts you in a position ...

What does TRUST in God truly mean?                                               As I sat down to write this blog, I found myself at a lost for words. I did not know what to write about, I did not have a topic. I was just lost.   But as I was sitting here, praying asking God to help me, it came to me.       “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.” (Proverbs 3:5)   Trust.  That is the first word in Proverbs 3:5, but what does it truly mean to  trust   something or even someone?    When I look up the word trust on google it says it’s “a firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something.”  A FIRM BELIEF!!!   Wow! I had to think on that first part of the definition for a minute.  When something is firm, it means it is solid, un...