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Published : January 06, 2010 |
Author : Amy Twain
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 Amy Twain
The author of this article Amy Twain is a Self Improvement Coach who has been successfully coaching and guiding clients for many years. Amy recently published a new home study course on how to boost your Self Esteem overnight. More info about this “Quick-Action Plan for A More Confident You” is available at http://www.FabulousSelfEsteem.com.
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Gladness is a noun…it’s the name for the
condition of being glad. Therefore, the word has a certain sense of
being pure about it, like the purity of driven snow. The etymology of
the word gladness is ‘smooth’ and ‘shining’. It actually made me think
of what it must have been like in the early 1st century church when it
was said that they “ate together with sincere and glad hearts.” (Acts
2:46). In the Bible, there are 53 references to being glad or
‘gladness’. It can be defined as: 1. full of cheerfulness and
brightness 2. having a happy or cheerful disposition by nature; 3.
expressive of, marked by, or caused by joy and happiness 4.
experiencing delight, pleasure or joy: made pleased; made satisfied,
happy or grateful—oftentimes used with of: very willing. The wisdom
teacher Qoheleth in the Old Testament taught, “I commend to enjoy life,
because nothing more is good for a person under the sun than to drink
and eat and be glad.” (Ecclesiastes 8:15) I think oftentimes we do not
truly appreciate the simple pleasures of food like we can, but whenever
we are being invited to a dinner or lunch, there’s a true and genuine
sense of looking forward to it for the most of us.
Now, that’s a sign of simple gladness. What a sudden flash of
thunderous truth is this happening? The true gladness penetrates. I
received an email recently from my church and I read with gladness the
very gladness of a pastor to see all the great and wonderful ministry
of God that surrounds him. Well, that is what I read (between the lines
actually) as he is lifting one person after another up to the whole
e-congregation—the Spirit of God at work. Gladness has a certain
infectious joy about it. It is full of love; it refuses to be swayed by
anything but the best, although it could also view and handle the
worst.
I recall an old spiritual quoting Isaiah “wear a garment of praise for
the spirit of heaviness.” No matter what the circumstances are, as long
as the smile is there, there is life, pure and simple. Being glad is a
simple feeling or emotion; just like joy. And it is in this sense of
inherent joy, the one described by those in the early church which I
think Paul was referring to when he prodded the followers of the Way to
“Do all without arguing and complaining…become pure and blameless… and
shine like the stars.” (Philippians 2:14-15). There is possibly no
other large collection of specialized writings so scattered with joy as
this.
We could either be made happy or make happy yet there is a more primary
or more profound gladness of disposition. Life is priceless and
essential. If gladness could get us even just halfway there why will we
not automatically be more glad? Gladness has true and divinely anointed
strength about it. Being glad and able to enjoy simple happiness of
life for whatever they are , are not trying so hard. This is the
genuine secret of God’s grace; we let His love that never condemns
enter into our awareness and we know the help of the Spirit which
causes joy of disposition; happiness…that brings us peace and other
virtues.
About The Author
The author of this article Amy Twain is a
Self Improvement Coach who has been successfully coaching and guiding
clients for many years. Amy recently published a new home study course
on how to boost your Self Esteem overnight. More info about this
“Quick-Action Plan for A More Confident You” is available at http://www.FabulousSelfEsteem.com.
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