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Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 1,973 views
Happiness In Matthew 5, Jesus begins a sentence with the same words, “Blessed are...” eight different times. What does it mean to be blessed? It is a religious sounding word, isn’t it? It is pregnant with virtue–a stained glass sort of a word. The truth is, the Greek word simply means happy. In English,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 336 views
Many studies have shown the benefits for those growing up in good strong families. Two Australian philosophers have a somewhat different take on good families. They believe that happy families contribute to social inequality. When children grow up in a loving family it gives them an unfair advantage.…
Tim Campbell • Illustration • • 209 views
Lee Strobel Impressed by Impoverished Family's Example While working as a journalist for the Chicago Tribune, Lee Strobel was assigned to report on the struggles of an impoverished, inner-city family during the weeks leading up to Christmas. A devout atheist at the time, Strobel was mildly surprised…
Illustration • • 202 views
I believe that the real difference in the American church is not between conservatives and liberals, fundamentalists and charismatics, nor between Republicans and Democrats. The real difference is between the aware and the unaware. When somebody is aware of that love—the same love that the Father has…
Illustration • • 81 views
Monsters, Inc. is a movie about a monster world that is fueled by fear, literally. The company motto is "We scare because we care." Each day, Mike, Sully, and the other monsters line up on the shop floor as a machine carries dozens of closet doors to individual scaring stations. A scream collection canister…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 78 views
“I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it’s not the answer.” –Jim Carrey With a net worth in the vicinity of 150 million dollars, the funny man actor finds that fame and fortune is not the answer to life’s ills. A believer would agree…
Travis Johnson • Illustration • • 72 views
The happiest people surround themselves with family and friends, don't care about keeping up with the Joneses next door, lose themselves in daily activities and, most important, forgive easily. "Materialism is toxic for happiness," says University of Illinois psychologist Ed Diener. Even rich materialists…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 43 views
In the book, Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer relates the quest of Chris McCandless to find happiness. Chris was certain that time alone in the Alaskan Wilderness, living off the land, was his ticket to fulfillment. Into the Wild records two years of Chris’ journey to Alaska. After arriving there and spending…
Nathan Parker • Illustration • • 43 views
Unknown Author These are more effective than 911 When - You are sad, phone John 14 You have sinned, phone Psalm 51 You are facing danger, phone Psalm 91 People have failed you, phone Psalm 27 It feels as though God is far from you, phone Psalm 139 Your faith needs stimulation, phone Hebrews 11 You are…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Faithlife Sermons • Illustration • • 41 views
If you would get a fair estimate of the happiness of any man, you must judge him in these two closely connected things: his life and his death. The heathen Solon said, “Call no man happy until he is dead, for you do not know what changes may pass upon him in life.” We add to that, “Call no man happy…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 40 views
Do you want to conquer envy and covetousness? According to a study from Denmark’s Happiness Research Institute, maybe you could give up Facebook. The study found that people who gave up Facebook for just one week reported suffering less envy and being “more satisfied with their lives” than those who…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 37 views
While money can’t buy happiness, if you have enough of it, it can buy a quote about happiness. In 2017, a piece a paper that Einstein wrote his famous quote: “A calm and modest life brings more happiness than the pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness” sold for $1.3 million. Einstein…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 28 views
Happiness For years I’ve said that God isn’t as concerned with our happiness as He is our character. Though I’m not prepared to take that truism back, I do want to revisit it and think it through a little more. Certainly it wouldn’t be correct to say that God is more concerned with our happiness than…
Jarred Edgecombe • Illustration • • 27 views
"God chooses what we go through. We choose how we go through it."---- "The one thing you cannot take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me." ---Viktor Frankl "Everytime you make a choice you are turning the control part of you, the part that chooses, into something a little…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 27 views
The HuffingtonPost.com quotes Ralph Waldo Emerson on the uselessness of anger. “For every minute you are angry, you lose 60 seconds of happiness.” Of course that is only the beginning of what you lose when you hold on to your anger, but it is a good reminder. --Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell The Week,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 26 views
Gillian Bayford worked nights in a hospital. Her husband worked days at his second-hand record shop. Then they won 148 million pounds in a British lottery. 15 months later, their marriage has “broken down irretrievably.” The divorce is final. In addition, Ms. Bayford, wept as she told how the windfall…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 26 views
In his autobiography, Vignettes of a Wonderful Life, Ralph Palmer lists four mottos that guide his life. 1. “Remember always to talk to and obey the Lord each day. 2. Thank God for the ability to see and enjoy beauty in all things. 3. Have an adventure a day to add spice to life and keep boredom away.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 26 views
The man, who created the much publicized formula behind the idea of Blue Monday, says it was nothing more than a public relations gimmick. Dr. Cliff Amall has a master’s degree in research methods and was researching stress management and depression when he was asked to put together the formula for a…
Reflections Podcasts
Rosemary Laxton • Meanwood Valley Baptist Church • Illustration • • 23 views • 7:19
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 21 views
In Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love, Sue Johnson writes, “Emotional balance, calm, and vibrant joy are the rewards of love.” —Jim L. Wilson Hold Me Tight, 257 Luke 6:35 (HCSB) But love your enemies, do what is good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 21 views
Researchers at the Mayo Clinic say they have cracked the code to being happy. They have been studying this for decades, working with tens of thousands of patients. Now they think they have found it. They key parts of the code are 1) focus on the right things. 2) Learn to compartmentalize your life and…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 21 views
Where do you seek peace? Researchers writing in the Journal of Social Psychology say the place to find it is in freshly baked bread. Their findings reveal “the aroma of baking bread triggers a rising sense of altruism, increased happiness and other beneficial effects” Baking bread may trigger a sense…
Jonathan L Mobey • Illustration • • 19 views
"All men seek happiness. This is without exception. Whatever different means they employ, they all tend to this end. The cause of some going to war, and of others avoiding it, is the same desire in both, attended with different views. This is the motive of every action of every man, even of those who…
Tim Campbell • Illustration • • 18 views
According to a recent study by the World Health Organization and Harvard Medical School, America may very well be the saddest nation in the world. Researchers found that 9.6 percent of Americans suffer from depression or bipolar disorder—the highest among 14 major nations polled. Those nations that scored…