I imagine that everyone
who struggles with happiness may dismiss this book as unrealistic. Is your initial response that of
hope or skepticism? As for me, I want it to be true. I hope it is true. But Mr.
Alcorn can you give us an example? He does.
Our models should be people such
as Amy Carmichael (1867–1951), who brought the gospel to countless children she
rescued from temple prostitution in India. She experienced a great deal of
physical suffering and never had a furlough in her fifty-five years as a missionary.
Yet she wrote, “There is nothing dreary and doubtful about [life]. It is meant
to be continually joyful . . . We are called to a settled happiness in the
Lord whose joy is our strength.”
He goes on to say,
Research indicates that there is
“little correlation between the circumstances of people’s lives and how happy
they are.”
Does an example like Amy
Carmichael…
A. encourage you
B. discourage you
C. challenge you
D. give you hope
E. all of the above
F. none of the above
G. A&D, but not C,
and sometimes B, with a tinge of E
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