{"product_id":"the-sacrament-of-happy","title":"The Sacrament of Happy","description":"\u003cp\u003eGod is good, God does good, and oh, how He wants you to be happy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn her new book, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Sacrament of Happy: What a Smiling God Brings to a Wounded World\u003c\/span\u003e, Lisa Harper unveils that happiness is a gift from God that we can unashamedly enjoy. Happiness tends to be cast as a fluffy emotion without substance rather than a biblical concept, but this is not theologically accurate. Wearing the twin hats of both seminarian and belly-laughing adoptive mom, Lisa Harper dismantles the old-school idea that joy, not happiness, is the truly spiritual emotion, and asserts that Christ-followers are actually \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ecalled\u003c\/span\u003e to happiness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe are called to happiness, and this happiness is not impacted by personal or global tumult. In fact, happiness is a sacrament. The general definition of \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003esacrament\u003c\/span\u003e is \"a visible sign of inward grace.\" In communities of faith, it most often refers to holy communion or the Eucharist. In the broadest understanding, however, a sacrament is a gift bestowed by God, and in that case, 'happiness' is absolutely a sacrament--a visible, sometimes even audible, sign of inward grace!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLisa shares heart-wrenching difficult stories from her past, as well as some side-splitting hilarity along the way. Throughout the book, we see that happiness and sadness can coexist and ebb and flow like the tides.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChristine Caine, Founder of A21 \u0026amp; Propel Women, had this to say about Lisa's new book: \"\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Sacrament of Happy\u003c\/span\u003e--like all of Lisa's messages and books--enriches my understanding of God and His Word--and His great love for us. As always, she unfolds biblical truth so clearly and calls me to action. Every. Single. Time.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lisa Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44446827184340,"sku":"9781433691935","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9351\/9316\/files\/968107_LRG.jpg?v=1757498498","url":"https:\/\/etcevents.co.uk\/products\/the-sacrament-of-happy","provider":"ETCEvents","version":"1.0","type":"link"}