True Happiness
(written by Candice Landis, 08/25/2013)
Most People Are Convinced Money Buys Happiness
That If Only They Had More Money They Could Get On With This Living Business
I Too Used To Believe That Was The One And Only Truth
Until My Wishes For More Money Came True
Money Doesn't Grow On Trees And Mine Came At A Very Deep Cost
I Was Buried In Financial Stress, Ready To Write My Marriage Off As Another Loss
All The Fighting And Struggling To Pay Bills Was Consuming Everything In Sight
All My Husband And I Did Was Worry About Money And Fight
Then My Father Was Killed In A Horrible Accident
To This Day I Miss Him In Every Moment
So I Received A Settlement From His Death
I Was Able To Pay Down Some Of Our Debt
But Life Still Didn't Get Any Easier Or Better
Wounds Had Been Inflicted In Anger That Continued To Fester
We Were Still Miserable Together
We Had been Fighting For So Long We'd Forgotten How To Love Each Other
So The Bills Were Mostly Paid And We Continued To Limp Along
Then One Day We Were Hit In Our Car Head On
He Was Life Flighted While I Had To Be Cut Out Of The Car
And I Sobbed As They Took Him Away, Praying He'd Be Okay And They Wouldn't Take Him Far
The Next Day He Was Released With Bumps And Bruises An Inverted Sternum And Some Broken Ribs
I Was In The Hospital For A Week Awaiting Surgery For A Broken Ankle And A Broken Wrist
We Were Both Grateful To Be Alive And Recovered Together At Home Side By Side
We Still Weren't Great But Better Than Before And Committed To Healing Our Married Life
A Year Went By And Once Again We Started To Stress
Bills Were Piling Up Again Because Of Our Wreck
Some How We Made It Through Until The Insurance Settlement
Then Everything Got Paid But Our Children Graduated And Left
This Left Us With A Completely Paid For But Rather Empty Nest
We Didn't Know What To Do With No Kids And We Both Became Depressed
That's When I Became Desperate For Something More
And I Began To Write About My Life And Talk To The Lord
I Confessed That I Had Sinned In Many, Many Ways Over The Years
I Apologized For That And Shed Soul Shattering Tears
I Told Him About All Of My Regrets And About All Of My Fears
I Asked Him To Help Me, His Voice I Was Ready To Hear
I Felt Him Immediately Come Into My Heart
I Felt His Love Fill Me, Burning Brighter Than The Stars
My Whole Outlook Has Changed And Life Is Beautiful And Bright
Each Day Is No Longer A Struggle Through Witch I Have To Fight
I'm Thankful For Every Lesson Learned Every Blessing We Receive
We Don't Have A lot Of Money, But We Have Exactly What We Need
My Husband And I Are Growing Strong Again And On Each Other We Lean
We No Longer Worship Money And With Gods Loving Blessing, Once Again We Are A Team
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