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How important is faith to your hapiness?
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Green Gaia
Veteran Member
michel said:
Umm.... none. The question of deity does not inhibit nor support my happiness.
Real Sorceror
Pirate Hunter
Faith is not especially important to my personal happiness, but it is important to several people who are close to me, and therefore by extension it is important to me. 
joeboonda
Well-Known Member
Knowing God loves me so much that He sent Jesus to die in payment for MY sins, that having believed in that, that I was granted eternal life, for free the moment I believed, and that God keeps me and will never let me go or forsake me or cast me out for any reason, that I am sealed with His Holy Spirit and adopted into His family as His child forever, makes me verrrrry happy!!! What joy to know that Jesus could catch us up at any moment, but that if I die, the moment I do I will be in His presence! What joy, what hope, what peace! Glory to God!
kateyes
Active Member
I like to think my faith is important to my happiness--I am generally a 1/2 full sort of person-I think that comes from my faith.
"And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you."
There are many times when everything seems impossible to me--but I find reminding myself of this specific quote-tends to lead me to look at the situation a different way--and I generally find at least a partial solution. I am happier looking for a solution than sitting around doing the "Woe is me". My faith has taught me to look around and see miracles where others might see disaster, I think that tends to make me a happier person than the pessamist who only sees the destruction. I am sure this is coming across well--but since I view my faith as an integral part of who I am--I would have to say my happiness would also be a part of that faith.
But then I get accused of being "A little Miss Sunshine" or Pollyanna alot of the time as well. We have the ability to make our own happiness--in my case my faith is a major contributing factor.
"And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you."
There are many times when everything seems impossible to me--but I find reminding myself of this specific quote-tends to lead me to look at the situation a different way--and I generally find at least a partial solution. I am happier looking for a solution than sitting around doing the "Woe is me". My faith has taught me to look around and see miracles where others might see disaster, I think that tends to make me a happier person than the pessamist who only sees the destruction. I am sure this is coming across well--but since I view my faith as an integral part of who I am--I would have to say my happiness would also be a part of that faith.
But then I get accused of being "A little Miss Sunshine" or Pollyanna alot of the time as well. We have the ability to make our own happiness--in my case my faith is a major contributing factor.
YmirGF
Bodhisattva in Recovery
I am a man with little or no "faith" whatsoever. My reality simply does not require faith in the slightest. That does not seem to have affected my happiness a single iota. If I felt much the ecstasy of being any more deeply I rather doubt that I would be able to stop laughing long enough to construct a meaningful sentence.
Djamila
Bosnjakinja
My faith in God, through Islam, does make me happy.
It gives me a lot of grief as well. I don't think it's really possible for non-Muslims to understand what it's like to live a faith that is so omnipresent. It seems sometimes that all you do all day is be a Muslim and that can become frustrating.
There are times I hear the call to prayer and would prefer to get out of bed to take a sniper's rifle and shoot the muezzin singing it than pray. There are times I order something at a restaurant and forget it's not halal - and I'd rather just eat it than apologize and send it back. There are times I turn around - on a beach, on the street - and catch a more conservative Muslim man or woman staring at me and I just want to rip all my clothes off and shake my breasts in their face.
But my faith still makes me happy. I enjoy praying, once I start, and I always feel good about myself when I make the right decision according to my understanding of Islamic teachings. I love the sense of community and I love how safe and secure I feel as a Muslim. Anytime of day, or night, I can go to my mosque and there will be at least half a dozen other people there.
I could go on and on and never really express how I feel, so I'll stop here.
It gives me a lot of grief as well. I don't think it's really possible for non-Muslims to understand what it's like to live a faith that is so omnipresent. It seems sometimes that all you do all day is be a Muslim and that can become frustrating.
There are times I hear the call to prayer and would prefer to get out of bed to take a sniper's rifle and shoot the muezzin singing it than pray. There are times I order something at a restaurant and forget it's not halal - and I'd rather just eat it than apologize and send it back. There are times I turn around - on a beach, on the street - and catch a more conservative Muslim man or woman staring at me and I just want to rip all my clothes off and shake my breasts in their face.
But my faith still makes me happy. I enjoy praying, once I start, and I always feel good about myself when I make the right decision according to my understanding of Islamic teachings. I love the sense of community and I love how safe and secure I feel as a Muslim. Anytime of day, or night, I can go to my mosque and there will be at least half a dozen other people there.
I could go on and on and never really express how I feel, so I'll stop here.