It didn't dawn on me how odd this might seem to others, until once day when we'd dropped our car for service and received a ride from the courtesy driver. he asked, "Do they ever talk?"
Well yes, yes they did...but we all need quiet and solitude, the Lord tells us to be still. Why? To think, meditate on Him, reflect on His Word.
Which is what I was doing during a recent road trip - thinking...this must be one of my favorite things to do - think I mean, though I enjoy driving too.
As I'm burning black ribbon, I was musing upon the word 'happy' - we want to be happy, feel happy, make others happy (well we should anyway)...anyway, my thoughts ran along the lines of, hmmm, is the WORD happy in the Bible?
If so, how is it used? E-Sword (what a blessing!) searching for the word 'happy':
25 verses found, 28 matches - so who, what, when, why, how, and where is this 'happy' happening?
Gen_30:13 And Leah said, Happy (H837) am I, for the daughters will call me blessed (H833): and she called his name Asher.
H837 - From H833; happiness. - Used 1 time...once in all of Scripture!
- H833 - A primitive root; to be straight (used in the widest sense, especially to be level, right, happy); figuratively to go forward, be honest, prosper. - Used 16 times, translated as blessed, go (go?), guide, relieve, lead, leaders, led.
Leah is happy because her handmaid has just borne Jacob another son (technically Leah's 6th son).
Deu_33:29 Happy (H835) art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
H835 - From H833; happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy! - Used 45 times - also translated as blessed.
1Ki_10:8 Happy (H835) are thy men, happy (H834) are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
2Ch_9:7 Happy (H835) are thy men, and happy (H835) are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
Job_5:17 Behold, happy (H835) is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
Psa_127:5 Happy (H835) is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
Psa_128:2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy (H835) shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
Psa_137:8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy (H835) shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
Psa_137:9 Happy (H835) shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
Psa_144:15 Happy (H835) is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.
Psa_146:5 Happy (H835) is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
Pro_3:13 Happy (H835) is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
Pro_3:18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy (H833) is every one that retaineth her.
Pro_14:21 He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy (H835) is he.
Pro_16:20 He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy (H835) is he.
Pro_28:14 Happy (H835) is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
Pro_29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy (H835) is he.
Jer_12:1 Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy (H7951) that deal very treacherously?
H7951 - The second form being used in Job_3:26; a primitive root; to be tranquil, that is, secure or successful. - Used 5 times - translated as safety, prosper (3).
Mal_3:15 And now we call the proud happy (H833); yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
Interesting read through just looking at the verses with the word 'happy' - that's not even looking at any of the other times the Hebrew (or Greek) word is used, but translated into a different English word.
Joh_13:17 If ye know these things, happy (G3107) are ye if ye do them.
G3107 - A prolonged form of the poetical μάκαρ makar (meaning the same); supremely blest; by extension fortunate, well off. - Used 50 times (good number), translated as blessed, happier (1x).
Act_26:2 I think myself happy (G3107), king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews:
Paul's happy - yet he's 'lost' everything - in jail. How happy am I when I'm not suffering even a smidgen of what Paul is...and usually NOT because I've been preaching the gospel?
Rom_14:22 Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy (G3107) is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.
Jas_5:11 Behold, we count them happy (G3106) which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
G3106 - From G3107; to beatify, that is, pronounce (or esteem) fortunate. - Used twice - once as blessed (Luke 1:48).
1Pe_3:14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy (G3107) are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
1Pe_4:14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy (G3107) are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
So beloved are we being still before the Lord? Contemplating His Word? Meditating upon it? How happy are we with where He has divinely placed us? The situations and circumstances He has allowed us to be in, pass through?
You're either coming out of a trial, in one, or going in...there is no rest this side of heaven...how well 'muscled' are we? How well do we 'count it all joy?'
How often do we see or know of others in trials but minimize it when it's not us? Pray for others? Pray WITH others?
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