God’s kind of happiness, as defined in the Beatitudes of our Lord, represents a radical reversal of almost everything we have ever been taught about the meaning of happiness! Look at the Beatitudes again and contrast them with what we have been taught.

"Happy are those who know they are spiritually poor." We have always been taught to define happiness in terms of wealth.

"Happy are those who mourn." We have been taught that happiness means never experiencing anything that causes us grief.

"Happy are those who are humble…