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Sometimes, even when life is going well, we struggle to enjoy it. We feel guilty laughing while others are suffering, enjoying our achievements when people around us are struggling, or experiencing peace after a difficult season. We begin to feel as though happiness must be earned through suffering.
Ecclesiastes 3:12–13 reminds us that enjoying life, doing good, eating, drinking, and finding satisfaction in our work are gifts from God. Similarly, 1 Timothy 6:17 teaches that God richly provides things for us to enjoy, warning against placing our hope in material wealth instead of Him.
These passages remind us that gratitude and enjoyment are not signs of selfishness. You can acknowledge that life is difficult without feeling guilty whenever something good happens to you.
The deeper lesson: You do not have to feel miserable to prove that you care about others.
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