I came across the following quote while reading John Piper's The Dangerous Duty of Delight
“It is a Christian duty, as you know, for everyone to be as happy as he can.”
-- C. S. Lewis in Sheldon Vanauken's A Severe Mercy
Some days prove harder to be happier than others, but it it nevertheless a Christian's duty to be as happy as they are able to be. Some days may be so hard that to be any happy at all will have been a hard fought victory. Working hard at being happy doesn't mean that Christians aren't allowed to be sad or that they are required to fake felecity for the sake of others. It simply means that joy is a command of God, not a suggestion. It is something we must feed, not something we merely consume. Something toward which we must aim ourselves, not merely wish to find ourselves.
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