Happy face or sad face?
Comic Ryan Hamilton from Idaho has a toothy grin he uses to parlay his unique humor into an entertaining monologue. Part of his spiel centers on his assertion that his happy face is no reflection of what he feels inside.
What face do we wear, and does it reflect what we feel inside?
Are our smiles real, or is our mask just that, a cover to disguise what we really feel inside?
Proverbs 15:13 tells us that no matter the face we wear on the outside, sorrow in our heart will consume us until we are crushed under its weight.
“A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is crushed.”
Proverbs 17:22 takes it one step further. When our spirit is crushed, our bones—that which gives our lives support and structure—will dry up and be useless to us.
“A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.”
We have hope. It comes through our faith in Christ. Let’s return to our two verses for a moment and look at the first phrase in each one.
“A glad heart makes a cheerful face.”
When we find joy in life, it will come out. Watch a baby sometime, and catch her expression when something pleasant happens. There’s no hiding the joy. It bursts all over her.
“A joyful heart is good medicine.”
Our happiness and joy is contagious. When we smile from the heart, it overflows onto those around us. When we are happy, the people around us become happy, also.
And consider this: Who would you rather hang out with, a Constantly Sad Sally or an Always Happy Harvey?
When we wear Christ on our face, we reflect the joy he puts in our heart. If we’re a sad-faced Christian, what does that say about us inside?
Let’s smile for Jesus, so the world will want to smile along.
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