My word for 2016: Happiness
Hello and welcome to my first post of 2016! I'm a bit shocked at writing this post, as I I haven't picked a word for the year for myself for a few years. I hadn't planned on choosing a word this year till recently. But because last year had SO many challenges for me and I gave so much of myself and felt so drained of energy by the end of the year. it just seemed appropriate to decide on a specific word for 2016. Definition from Dictionary.com "The state of being happy." synonyms: pleasure , contentment , satisfaction , cheerfulness, merriment , gaiety , joy , joyfulness, joviality, jollity , glee , delight , good spirits, lightheartedness,well-being, enjoyment ; exuberance , exhilaration , elation , ecstasy , jubilation , rapture , bliss, blissfulness I've been reading and praying about the word - happiness - in Scripture, in Christian theological writings and blogs. I'm learning that happiness is not something God