Unconventional Wisdom

I have attained the American Dream – profitable profession, large comfortable house in a suburb in a conservative town, respectable kids in college and private school, solid marriage of 20 years, three cars and a motorcycle, time share to vacation with friends and family, position in the church – all things to make us safe, secure, successful, stable, comfortable, convenient, prosperous, and happy.  Yet where is contentment, joy and fulfillment?  I have concluded the American Dream is after all The Great Myth.  It was unknowingly woven into our national ideal by our founding Fathers:  We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.  Disappointingly, you won't find these virtuous "rights" in God's Word.