Happiness

I am blogging because I am happy (not, like so many of my past blogs, because I have a complaint about the weather or busyness or whatever). I look back over the past year of marriage and I could not imagine being happier. Were there any hard moments? I don't remember them. Do we still have many years of struggle ahead? Perhaps, but in all hardships the love of God is far-reaching.

Our pastor once said that we don't hope in the Lord like we should--instead we play the odds. "I had a good day yesterday, now I'm going to have a bad day." Or, "This last year has been so great, it's about time for me to suffer some." Why don't we just trust that He will give us "strength for today, bright hope for tomorrow"?

I am thrilled at what the future may hold. I could try to "prepare" myself for future trials by dwelling on all the possible combinations of bad things that might happen to me. But wouldn't that stifle the joy that the Lord has given me today? What delight to know that the Lord is sovereign, gracious, and merciful.