so why are we even practicing these virtues then if they don’t bring us happiness? We practice them first out of love. Because we love God, we desire to glorify him, and orienting ourselves towards him in our practices is what the virtues are all about. Second, because this is what we were created to do. God created us to serve and worship him. It’s part of the creational design of the cosmos for us to live temperately, to walk justly, to think prudently, to have faith, to show love.