Are you a happy Christian, or a sad one?

I think that I am both, i`m happy because of what I know Jesus has done for me and that I will be raised as He is, but sad because there are so many people who are going to an eternity without God.

Mark

newleaf said:

Are you primarily a happy Christian, or a sad one?

I'm curious to see how many are sad, and how many are happy.

The following words of Paul may apply: For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. 22If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me.
Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! 23I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far;

I too desire to depart. I feel like a square peg in a round hole.

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Hey newleaf,
Of course we're looking for the come back of our Lord or hoping to be with him in a hurry. But for me, not yet. Not because I'm afraid by the death, but there are too many not saved souls ! First, my mother, my nephew, my niece... We're called by Jesus to work in a hurry in this way, before he comes back or before our departure ! Personaly, I'm the first Christian in my family, and I don't want to be the last. BYE. God bless you. SARA

I don't think it's fair or right to lablel ourselves as a "Happy" or "Sad" Christian. It's normal and human to experience all kinds of emotions. Jesus did!

Hmmm… if I vote I may want to change it in five minutes, then change it back again. Happy and sad is just an emotion, such emotion can be governed by many circumstances. If I eat a chilly dog I could become sad, if I sing a song I may become happy again. Yet, I can be Joyful even though I feel sad from eating a chilly dog.

II Corinthians 8:2 for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of liberality on their part.
Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Proverbs 14:13: Even in laughter the heart is sad, and the end of joy is grief.

So I guess it would be better polled: are you a joyful Christian or a grieving Christian?