A Cheerful Look Brings Joy to the Heart

                Have you had your Joy Juice today?  Take a look in the mirror after you’ve had your personal serving and see what kind of expression is on your face!  I’m pretty sure it will be a cheerful one! 

                References to JOY are sprinkled throughout the whole Bible, but we’ve focused this week on one chapter in Proverbs, chapter 15.  Our verse for today puts a smile on my face, and I hope it will yours’ as well.  Verse 30 says:

                “A cheerful look brings joy to the heart; and good news gives health to the bones.” (Proverbs 15:30)

                Susan Vaughn, author of Half Full, Half Empty, says that “there is a powerful link between facial expression and emotion.”  She believes that people who try to act happier actually feel happier.

                While it is important to think and act positively, the Bible tells us that true spiritual joy begins deep inside of us, then spreads to our face! When we’re joyful on the inside because of our love for Christ, our faces can’t help but show it in the form of a smile. 

As the poet, Fitzhugh, wrote:

“The smile on the face that reveals true joy
Always comes from deep within;
It springs from a heart that is full of thanks—
That's where our joy must begin.”

         “A cheerful look brings joy to the heart!” And gratitude & joy in the heart bring a cheerful look to your face! Are ya smiling???