A happy heart makes the face cheerful…
(Proverbs 15:13)
On this Easter Monday, join me in smiling because HE LIVES! Regardless of the challenges and hard things this day holds, my face can smile because my heart is happy with the truth that my Savior is alive. Death could not hold Him. The grave could not keep Him. And today, my heart is filled with Him.
Jesus said that “…out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.” The verse above from Proverbs also teaches us that out of the overflow of the heart, the face smiles.
Today you and I may face difficult things, hard situations, and challenging relationships. None of these offer anything to smile about. But as we face each of these with the assurance that He lives and that He abides in us, we can allow our hearts to be happy, and our joy to overflow from our hearts and onto our faces.
Go ahead – smile! Let the joy of JESUS ooze out of you on this Resurrection Monday. He lives! And because He lives – we can live too.
Now that’s something to smile about.
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Copyright 2011 Laura Macfarlan
