A recent articles on Yahoo.com was entitled "Internet Use Makes Us Happier, Says Mental-Health Study". It truly is an interesting article when you think about how much time you actually spend on the internet. There are some that make their living on the internet. There are some who just use the internet for games. There are some who use it for Facebook or other social networking sites. Whatever the case may be, there are hundreds of millions of people who use the internet on a daily basis."A May 12 report by British researchers from the U.K.'s Chartered Institute of IT (known as BCS) have found a link between Internet access and well-being. But some benefit more than others from tapping into the information supherhighway, including those with lower incomes or fewer qualifications, people living int he developing world and, perhaps most suprisingly, women." http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100515/hl_time/08599198924400
Now there's a quote! You mean to tell me, then, that the internet actually makes people happy? Well, when you consider that men and women around the world are searching for happiness they are likely searching for that happiness on the internet (as far as developing countries go). However, there is a more reliable source to find true happiness. It is a source that few find and for which many are searching. It is called the Bible. Eugene Peterson has paraphrased the Bible and he really did a pretty good job of getting the point across. Here's Psalm 1 from The Message Bible:
How well God must like you - you don't hang out at Sin Saloon, you don't slink along Dead-End Road, you don't go to Smart-Mouth College. Instead you thrill to God's Word, you chew on Scripture day and night. You're a tree replanted in Eden, bearing fresh fruit every month, never dropping a leaf, always in blossom. You're not at all like the wicked, who are mere windblown dust - without defense in court, unfit company for innocent people. God charts the road you take. The road they take is Skid Row.
Hey! Try something that is lasting - the Bible. It will help you not only to have happiness but true joy.
