If there is a God (as I believe) and He wants anything for us (as I also believe) it is definitely NOT for us to be *happy* but rather for us to be *strong*. The incontrovertible evidence of life and existence bears this out.
In truth, “happy” people are basically useless. “Strong” people are not. They can help others and in so doing they may occasionally enjoy brief moments of true happiness as a pleasant side-effect. But this is never guaranteed.
In this plane, “happiness” is always brief, ephemeral and unpredictable. Few people can ever “live” there for any length of time. Strength takes constant struggle, pain and hardship – exactly how many would describe their lives.
People may ask, “How could a loving God allow this to happen to me?” Perhaps what some people should pause to consider is if God truly loves you, how could He *not*?
Everyone needs to calm down! Okay, you got a weird cookie. So what? I don’t mean to swat your ego here, buddy, but this smacks a little narcissistic for me. God is not trying to communicate to you through a cookie. It doesn’t work that way. God’s not all Jack-and-the-magic-beans and tooth-beneath-the pillow voodoo. You don’t just close your eyes, flap open your Bible, and slam a steak knife into a verse. It’s that sort of thinking that leads to witch trials and Senate probes.
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