I had a salesman at work tell me in conversation that you can't be happy every day. True enough. I've had days where I wasn't "happy." Things happen that are painfully overwhelming in our lives. I wasn't what I would call "happy" the evening my father died, but I did have joy that night. I had joy because I knew where my father was, now that he had moved on from this world. Having that assurance for myself as well, gives me an inner joy that carries me through the hard things of life. If I live much longer I'm sure there will be more to come.

It's okay though, because the hope I have in Christ sustains me. I took the opportunity to tell the salesman, who is my age, that we should be happy every day. He asked, "Why?" and I responded by telling him that, "This is the day that the Lord has made. Let's be glad and rejoice in it." He in turn later on said that everybody has their own opinions about that. Again true enough, and whether or not one lets the events of the day dictate a true and lasting impression of happiness or gloom in one's soul, or one chooses to trust in Jesus Christ, who took away the sins that could ultimately destroy one's soul is a choice we all have to make. No "opinion" will change that.

This is the day that the Lord has made. Let's be glad, and rejoice in it.