Are people as happy as they seem?

Facebook can be very intimidating, seeing all those happy faces, great memories and ubiquitous status updates. So can the church, when there is a lack of transparency of not only the highs but also the lows in life. Along these lines, I found this article from Russell Moore to be edifying. Here's a snippet:

Nobody is as happy as he seems on Facebook. And no one is as “spiritual” as he seems in what we deem as “spiritual” enough for Christian worship. Maybe what we need in our churches is more tears, more failure, more confession of sin, more prayers of desperation that are too deep for words.

Maybe then the lonely and the guilty and the desperate among us will see that the gospel has come not for the happy, but for the brokenhearted; not for the well, but for the sick; not for the found, but for the lost.

just a quick thought

I've been away from the blog for a while, so I wanted to throw something out there that I've been thinking about lately.

1) My purpose in life is to know God;

2) Most of the time these days my experience of the knowledge of God is not enough for me for have a compelling reason to find joy and purpose in life;

3) I am miserable most of the time.

I imagine I won't be invited to share this publicly anytime soon. I look forward to better days.