The road to real happiness and fulfillment is the one where there's real growth and maturity in the Lord. According to the Sermon on the Mount, blessed are those who are continually hungering and thirsting after righteousness, for they shall be filled. This means seeing oneself as a sinner who needs a Savior, mourning over one's condition, and having a true meekness enter into one's life. A happy person will be a meek person, humble, and passionate about a righteous life. They will be hungry for God, the word of God, and will have a new hunger and thirst for righteousness.
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