The name Fara means ‘joy’.
The difference between having joy and being happy is that happiness depends
on happenings. Joy is a condition of the mind, heart and soul that has
nothing, or at least very little to do with what is going on in one's life.
Joy takes place when the eyes are turned away from the
happenstances of our lives and are focused on the call and purpose of our
lives. Fara may have a
very happy and pleasant personality, one with which she was born.
Since joy is the meaning of the name that her heavenly Father decided to
give to her name that He wrote the Lambs Book of Life for Fara it would be
logical to assume that God intended for her to be a joyful person.
However a solemn outlook doesn't mean that Fara necessarily is sour or
unhappy on the inside.
Unlike happiness, joy is developed through and because
of, what happens. Those who have experienced true sorrow also
usually experience true joy if they allow Jesus to be in charge of their
lives. Fara takes her life in stride, gaining as much from each
experience as she can. She wastes nothing. She experiences joy in a
beautiful sunrise, a baby's laugh, a good friend's hug and all the many tiny
little things with which her life is filled. She knows that these things are
to be treasured.
Looking to God as the Author and Finisher of her faith,
Fara knows that life is short, therefore she lives it to the fullest, and in
the mean time she brings joy to those that share this life with her.
Psalm 35: 9 And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord: it shall
rejoice in His salvation.
