The first time I heard someone say they'd be "more than happy" to do something I thought they were just exaggerating. But it turns out the popular saying contains a great deal of truth. We can be more than happy. What is more than happy? Being blessed is more than happy. After Jesus gave the beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-12) during his Sermon on the Mount, it was written in Greek using a word that is usually translated as blessed in English. Occasionally, it is translated as happy. A discussion among translators has been whether happy or blessed is a more accurate translation. Most translators seem to have come to the same conclusion, that happiness can be fleeting, but blessedness remains. The beatitudes are not keys to a fleeting emotion, but a core inner condition. So, the word blessed was chosen, because yes, we can be more than happy. We can be blessed.
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