Happy and Unhappy

Happy and Unhappy
Life is not easy. I think most adults agree. We also know that a joyful heart makes us healthy but it’s difficult to be always happy.
I am happy…
Yesterday morning when I was asking my friends in my church to sponsor my walkathon fund raising for LTS, I realized that I had friends who trusted and supported me. Everyone I asked filled in their names and gave their offerings. I forgot to tell them that the fund would be used to support the training and equipping of Mekong River Region Churches Leaders here at LTS. It’s so nice to have friends around you. Actually we are all surrounded by angels and we are angels too.
I am unhappy…
Yesterday I received a call from a pastor who was an advisor of my denomination’s mission. He told me that the committee rejected my application for the seminary student fund. I was not surprise but I felt a bit upset about the way they handled my application. I handed the application in July and they didn’t process my application till last week. The committee informed the advisor to call me for an interview before they had the committee meeting. Sometime people like to make simple things complicated. I would have been happier to hear their reply before all the processing involved. It turned out that there were just only one or two people involved in making the decision.
I am happy…
I have a caring and understanding wife. She reminded me that it was good for me because in this way, I didn’t need to fulfill the responsibility of my denomination’s mission. I wouldn’t have been happy if I were obligated to follow human decision but not God’s and what He has called me to do. Thanks Iris. You are always by my side helping me.
“A merry heart does good, like medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones.” (Bible-Proverbs 17:22)