Becoming Quote by Edwin Hubbel Chapin

It is a comely fashion to be glad; Joy is the grace we say to God.

— Jean Ingelow

Worship is basically adoration, and we adore only what delights us. There is no such thing as sad adoration or unhappy praise.

— John Piper

It is cheerful to God when you rejoice or laugh from the bottom of your heart.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Cheerfulness is a sign of a generous and mortified person who forgetting all things, even herself, tries to please her God in all she…

— Mother Teresa

An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.

— Thomas Fuller

God is not a God of sadness, death, etc., but the devil is. Christ is a God of joy, and so the Scriptures often…

— Martin Luther

Happiness presents itself to man, wearing the crown of sorrow on its head. He who welcomes it must also welcome sorrow.

— Swami Vivekananda

The worship most acceptable to God comes from a thankful and cheerful heart.

— Plutarch

When hints of sadness creep into our soul, we must not flee into happy or distracting thoughts. Pondering the sadness until it becomes overwhelming…

— Larry Crabb

God must have something to do with joy ... and with sadness.

— Joan Baez

One who loves God retains this humility at all times, not with weariness and struggle, but with pleasure and gladness.

— Walter Hilton

We shall then have joy without sorrow, and rest without weariness...Be of good cheer, Christian, the time is near, when God and thou shalt…

— Richard Baxter