What I think will make me happy and what God knows will make me happy are frequently quite different things!
[[What I think will make me happy and what God knows will make me happy are frequently quite different things!]]
Yes, but sometimes they are the same thing- For instance, He might know that you love to stop and smell the roses- and might direct your path in such a way that you have access to a rose patch- many times we don’t recognize all the little ways that God provides for our happiness- He doesn’t always work in large dramatic ways- He might for instaNCE know that we are overworked, and need a break to get re-energized and adopt a ‘happy demeanor’ again (in other-words we’ve become grumpy old farts) and provide the needed break somehow, sometimes even by an illness that prevents us from going into work- Odd to think an illness could be good, but if it gets a person out of the stressful situation that was eating them up- making them stress, for a little while, it becomes a good thing- We get the rest- stress free, and recoup and are energized, and get back to work with a renewed sense of ethics- or whatever- more happy-
It’s hard to see the many many ways God provides for our happiness and well being- and we often don’t recognize many of them- but God provides them just the same- because He loves us
Just the way a parent provides and provides and provides for the happiness and well being of their child knowing full well the child won’t even recognize it or show any gratitude- but we love them, and know deep down inside they WILL be grateful even if they don’t show it outwardly- their happiness is our reward, and I think that is the same with God too-