Dexter,
That's an interesting thought, but happy is kind of relative don't you think? I've found in my life that I thought I knew what would make me happy; I was sure of it. Then I got that thing, whatever it was, and I wasn't as happy as I thought I'd be, or even worse, I was sad. Didn't know why. So I asked for God's help. Now I know that I'm changing my life for the good, but I still don't feel happy all of the time. Sometimes doing the right thing is doing the hard thing. As a matter of fact, it always is. Plus there's a difference between the satisfaction of the flesh and the satisfaction of the soul. They are opposing forces. That makes it extra tough! Forgiveness is probably one of the best things to witness about God. That's one of the biggies that got me. My parents are divorced, and after that happened I was very sad and angry with them. Even after I was saved I was, maybe even more so after understanding the importance of marriage. So I was harboring all of this disappointment, and resentment, and anger. I had justified it in my mind. Resolved myself to it, and rationalized it. I had a right! Right? Still cried almost every night. Still felt like crap (better?). Then it occurred to me that I had absolutely no right to judge them, and that the right thing to do was to forgive them and love them. That was hard to do, but THEN and only then could I find peace. And I did. True happiness is hard to find. Eventually though, and hopefully, if you go through enough of these situations, you start to realize that every single thing the Bible says is true. Well, that's pretty darn convincing. Now that I'm saved, and for the first time in my life have the Holy Spirit working in me, it's mind-blowing. I know that people can't possibly believe me when I say that I get answers to my prayers, but I do. Real answers. It's not made up. It's not my imagination. It's God.
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God loves you and so do I!