Hello, friends!  I definitely have felt like the past week just flew by! How about you? Between having to get over an illness and going through more emotional upheavals with family issues, I'm almost glad for a new start of a new week!!(Except, I'd love to skip tomorrow, as I have an appointment to have crown work done on my teeth!  ) I definitely needed God's strength to get me through this past week. Because of this, though, I have found myself digging into the Word and spending lots of time reading -- I've been currently working on getting through 2 different books. The book I've been posting on at different times is called "Happiness" - I've been reading it to help me learn more about this subject, as it is my word for 2016. I'm learning so much about the true meaning of happiness. As I read chapters 5 (What's the Difference Between Joy and Happiness?) and 6 (Modern Studies that Confirm Biblical Happiness), there are two things tha