Happiness

A University of Southern California study found that greater wealth didn't translate into greater happiness. The survey monitored the lives of approximately 1,500 people over the course of thirty years. Richard Easterlin, a professor at USC, says that instead of money, time with family and good health tends to make people happy. Easterlin added that one reason wealth doesn't necessarily lead to happiness is because people with more money usually want more things. We can only wonder how much time and money was expended to come to this conclusion. Those who have studied the scriptures have known this for some time, because the Bible tells us so.

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J. Michael Shannon is professor of preaching at Cincinnati Bible College in Cincinnati, OH.