HAPPINESS AS A REMEDY – CONCLUSION
If, however, some sorrow strikes you down, face things bravely with determination to overcome it. Eventually you will reach the place where the warm sun of peace and happiness will once again soothe or even heal your pain completely. Always look ahead with optimism.
Should the enemy of all living things rob you of one of your loved ones, try not to be overwhelmed by inconsolable grief. Prophetic words have been written, which promise us a time when there will be no more sorrow, when pain and death will no longer exist. These are not empty illusions. The God of Life will put a stop to evil and destruction and the resurrection of the dead will become a reality. This faith in a happier future brings a warm glow of comfort and hope to our hearts. Nothing can strengthen our morale as much as the thought of the restoration of all things to a state of perfection. What a comfort it is to know that our pain- and fear-ridden world will one day be freed of all destructive forces! No one who wilfully wielded evil power will be allowed to return from death to spread sorrow and anguish once more. Those who mourn their dead, a result of inherited imperfection, should not stubbornly reject joyful hope and faith in the resurrection. True, the superficiality of our lives and the cares of day-to-day living are apt to obscure our understanding of such matters. We think that things have always been and always will be the same. We cannot envisage a time when blood will no longer be spilled, when swords will be turned into ploughshares, spears into pruning knives and man will no longer learn the art of war. This must now seem a quite unbelievable blessing for our war-weary and warmongering world. However, the God of Life, the God of Peace, will make good his promises. Each one will have his own vineyard and sit beneath his own fig tree, at peace with the world and without fear for the future. These are sacred words of hope and comfort spoken under inspiration by the prophets of old and can be considered as good as fulfilled. The kingdom for which we learned to pray as children is no Utopia, no matter how much the worldly wise may scoff at the idea. Those who believe these words must eventually be filled with hope and positive happiness, even though they may have many trials and tribulations to overcome.
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