God is so good that He places people in our lives when we really need them. I was feeling depressed the other day. You know, having one of those days where you find yourself asking the question,"why"? "Why Lord am I going through all this?" "Lord, you know I have all these needs,yet you aren't doing anything about it." "Lord, why we have to go through so much suffering?" "WHY LORD???" Have you every had one of those "why" days?
Just as I thought my day was a lost,I saw this man in a wheelchair. This man had no legs at all. Now I don't know how he lost his legs but I do know what he didn't lose. He didn't lose his smile! His smile drew my attention from his handicap and made me focus on him. Here was this man with a severe handicap but with so much joy in his spirit! Here was a person that had every right to be angry,mad,and sad about his situation, yet what a smile he had. He may have been missing somethings on the outside,but he had the right thing on the inside. What he had was a "merry heart" You see I didn't know this man ,but I knew a smile when I seen one!
Proverbs 17:22 states "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine : but a broken spirit drieth the bones."(kjv)
How many times have our dryness rubbed off on others? We walk around with ugly,smile-less faces!We walk around with sad, heavy hearts not realizing how truly,truly blessed we are to have legs at all!
The lesson I learned the other day is that a "merry heart" is like medicine not just for that person, but it's medicine for others too! That man's smile give me reason to smile too! His smile lifted me out of the funk I was in and gave me hope. His smile let me know that no matter how bad things my seem I should always have a reason to smile! What a difference a smile can make! Don't let satan take away your smile!!
"Father, there are times when we let satan take away our reasons to smile. We get so rapped up in ourselves that we forget just how truly,truly blessed we are. Let our smiles be like medicine to others as the man's smile was to me! In the mighty name of Jesus,AMEN!"
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