Job 8:21 He will once again fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy.
I bumped into someone I knew a few years ago and stopped to chat. He was saying how important it is to make every effort to be cheerful when so many people are downhearted. This chap doesn’t believe in God yet, but he does believe in not allowing other people’s bad attitudes to bring him down. As he left me he said we have to keep exercising our ‘chuckle’ muscle.
Well that thought did make me chuckle so we parted company laughing.😊 I wonder if your chuckle muscle has gone on holiday lately? Maybe you haven’t had much to chuckle about and life has been very serious.
Proverbs 17:22(TPT) A joyful, cheerful heart brings healing to both body and soul. Chatting with that man reminded me that scripture tells us there is a lot of healing in laughter and it made me think of a true story I’d heard.
There was a lady who was majorly depressed and on constant strong medication for it. She kept going to see different doctors trying to get well until she came across one who said he had a new prescription for her and if she would do as he said she would feel better. The prescription said for the next few months to stop watching anything sad and watch an upbeat funny programme or film every day and to read joke books!
She thought he was joking but did as he said and some months later she saw him again. She was off all medication and he could tell immediately she was a totally different person, upbeat, joyful, normal and able to deal with life once more. Laughing had put life back into perspective and healed her!
Now I’m not saying to do that but I think we could maybe all do with finding something to laugh at every day for a while and allow the Lord to help us exercise our chuckle muscle a bit more. When there’s nothing to laugh about, sometimes we have to find something to laugh at even if it’s a silly clean joke and start to see God’s natural healing flow once more.😊
Lord help us to laugh more. Amen.
I have always been cheerful. In fact I am known to be rich too because you never find me looking gloomy. Those who hate me find difficulty in finding fault in me because I talk to them easily and joyfully.
ReplyDeleteWatching comedy can reduce stress. It doesn't hurt to laugh with your enemy. It makes him think twice before hurting you. Blessings 🙏