Choosing to smile authentically, and even bringing a smile to someone else's face, can be a truly good thing, when the time and place are right. It's all about seeing a smile as something positive, a way to lift your own spirits and maybe even help someone else along the way.
Of course, too much of anything isn't good. There's a sweet spot between being overly serious and plastering on a fake smile. It's a balance where wisdom and joy, seriousness and a genuine smile can exist together beautifully. Everything has its time and place.
Laughter is an expression of the freedom Christ gave us through his loving sacrifice. And a heartfelt smile can be incredibly healing, especially for a hurting heart. Smiling through pain and rejoicing in your Creator – that’s what God wants for you, always.
I don't know what you're going through right now, but I want to encourage you to dry your tears, lift your head, and smile again. Because in Jesus, you have so much to be joyful about.
O happy is the man who hears Instruction’s warning voice; And who celestial Wisdom makes his early, only choice. 2 For she has treasures greater far than east or west unfold; And her rewards more precious are than all their stores of gold. 3 In her right hand she holds to view a length of happy days; Riches, with splendid honours join’d, are what her left displays. 4 She guides the young with innocence, in pleasure’s paths to tread, A crown of glory she bestows upon the hoary head. 5 According as her labours rise, so her rewards increase; Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.