Randy Alcorn

خلال الأربع سنوات وأكثر التي واجهت فيها زوجتي الحبيبة نانسي مرض السرطان، تسلمنا الكثير من التقارير المطمئِنة والكثير من التقارير المقلِقة. كانت مشاعرنا تتأرجح بين النقيضين خلال الجراحات الثلاث التي خضعت لها، ومراحل العلاج الإشعاعي الثلاث، ومراحل العلاج الكيماوي الثلاث. أتذكَّر، وكأنه الأمس، اليوم الذي أخبرنا فيه الطبيب بأنها في المرحلة الرابعة من السرطان الذي انتشر في رئتيها. لقد صلَّينا في تلك الليلة معًا، ثم نزلت للدور السفلي حيث ركعت على ركبتيَّ عند الأريكة واضعًا وجهي بين كفيَّ بينما أبكي. لقد سكبتُ قلبي أمام الله متوسلًا له ليتدخل. لقد فعلت ما تخبرنا 1 بطرس 5: 7 أن نفعله: "ملقين كل همكم عليه لأنه هو يعتني بكم".

ከአራት ዓመታት በላይ የምወዳት ባለቤቴ ናንሲ ከካንሰር ጋር ተጋፈጠች፣ ብዙ ጥሩ እና ብዙ መጥፎ ሪፖርቶች ነበሩ። በሶስት የቀዶ ጥገና ህክምናዎቿ፣ በሶስት ዙር የጨረር እና የሶስት ዙር ኬሞ በሙሉ በስሜት መለዋወጥ ተጨንቀናል። ዶክተሩ አሁን ያለው ካንሰር ደረጃ-አራት ካንሰር ነው እናም ወደ ሳምባዋ ተዛምቷል ብሎ የተናገረውን ቀን በደንብ አስታውሳለሁ። በዚያ ምሽት አብረን ጸለይን እና ከዛ ወደ ምድር ቤት ወረድኩ፣ ከሶፋው አጠገብ ተንበርክኬ ፊቴን በእጄ ሸፍኜ አለቀስኩ። ጣልቃ እንዲገባ እየለመንኩት ልቤን ለእግዚአብሔር አፈሰስኩት። 1ኛ ጴጥሮስ 5፥7 ‹‹እርሱ ስለ እናንተ ስለሚያስብ የሚያስጨንቃችሁን ሁሉ በእርሱ ላይ ጣሉት።›› እንድናደርግ የሚነግረንን አደረግሁ።

I’ve read books on happiness stressing that we must be happy right here and now, living in the moment, because this is our one and only chance. How sad! Thankfully, God says otherwise.

To be holy is to see God as He is and to become like Him, covered in Christ’s righteousness. And since God’s nature is to be happy, the more like Him we become in our sanctification, the happier we will be.

An idol is anything we praise, celebrate, fixate on, and look to for help that’s not the true God. That covers a lot of ground. Idolatry isn’t just wrong—it fails miserably in bringing the lasting happiness it promises.

To be godly is to resemble God. If God were unhappy, we’d need to pursue unhappiness, which sounds as fun as cultivating an appetite for gravel. Fortunately, however, God doesn’t condemn or merely tolerate our desire to be happy; He gave us that longing.

Për më shumë se katër vjet, bashkëshortja ime e dashur Nanci u përball me kancerin. Gjatë kësaj kohe, pati shumë raporte të mira dhe shumë të këqija. Kaluam një luhatje emocionale gjatë tre operacioneve të saj, tre rrezatimeve dhe tre kimioterapive.

It’s not too late to convey this message of Christ-centered happiness to our children and grandchildren and churches. Since they long for happiness, it’s a message they desperately need to hear. 

As part of a study related to my Happiness book, I recorded a series of videos, 10 to 20 minutes each, on the subject of happiness in Christ. I’ll be sharing all six videos, one at a time over the course of the next few blogs. Here’s the first video in the series, titled, “Happiness vs Joy: The Conflict.”