A dear girl who recently accepted Jesus as her Saviour said to a friend, “I am much happier now than I was before.”
She had indeed found the source of true happiness.
Many things down here give us happiness for a short time, but such happiness soon passes away, often leaving sorrow and disappointment behind. In Christ alone can we find lasting joy.
Earthly joys like gleams of sunshine,
Quickly come and quickly go,
Satisfying for a moment,
Those who pleasures here may know.
But true joy in all its fulness
We shall find in heaven above,
Blessed in Jesus’ glorious presence
And the sunshine of His love.
Yet the feeble comprehension
Of His wondrous love and grace
Is, e’en here, a happy foretaste
Of our joy when “face to face.”
ML 07/05/1903