03-26-09

Proverbs 17:22 (New King James Version)
22 A merry heart does good, like medicine,[a] But a broken spirit dries the bones.
You know sometimes we are just so tense. We have been hurrying here and there all day. I've been there and done that. When we finally get home, we are just so exhausted and we think we are just on the edge of that rope. That has happened to me recently and then I got a text from my grandchildren and I just had to sit there and laugh! It was a video of them acting silly! Suddenly all the stress that I had felt left and I just giggled and giggled. God is just so good! He knows just what we need. A smile or a hug to get the stress out. God gives us this precious gift of laughter. Sometimes as believers we forget about this gift and we are much to serious. Yes we do have to take some things seriously but He also gave us this gift to just get the stress out. Yes we can talk to God about the pressures of life but God also wants us to trust Him. Keep smiling and others will see the love of God surrounding you. In these times, people are looking at us and they will be wondering why we can smile when everything in our country is going crazy.

Jesus, I am so happy and joyful that you are in control of all our situations. Forgive me for not fully trusting You because if I am stressed than that is a sign that I'm not fully trusting You. Thank you for the joy you have given me. Instead of stress, please give me the giggles, happy, gladness and the fullness of joy just by having you in my life. I pray that others will see it and find and know You as their Lord and Savior.