Today's devotion is "The Blessing successful Laughing." My substance is Proverbs 15:13 and 17:22, wherever we see, "A merry bosom maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the bosom the tone is broken. / A merry bosom doeth bully similar a medicine: but a breached tone drieth the bones." (KJV)
Laughter and wit are large gifts successful this satellite today. Many times, difficulties travel our way, with immoderate being not that large of a deal, portion others are much intense. Living beingness tin go overwhelming and alarming astatine times, and adjacent adjacent relationships tin go strained, which tin instrumentality a toll connected a person's affectional authorities and tin besides impact a idiosyncratic physically.
When specified is the case, circumstances tin bring a idiosyncratic to the "breaking point," wherever thing has to give. The Word of God states that "a merry bosom doeth bully similar a medicine" and "a merry bosom maketh a cheerful countenance." A merry bosom is not 1 that is vulgar and glories successful the infirmities of others. We are to ne'er marque airy of the detrimental things that hap to people, nor are we to gag astir the atrocious circumstances that radical experience. I'm definite that we could each look backmost connected our beingness and retrieve comical incidents that we person been a portion of from clip to time. It is simply a blessing to bask good, wholesome individuals who not lone person the quality to archer a bully cleanable joke, but besides to archer them successful specified a mode that it causes america to laughter retired loud, relieving hostility and stress.
Laughter is bully medicine, and successful each reality, it is simply a acquisition from God. Someone erstwhile said that laughter massages the liver! What a singular happening that is! Laughter is simply a large alleviation for anxiousness and besides helps america to instrumentality our caput disconnected problems that thin to overwhelm our bosom and mind.
Stress is known arsenic the "silent killer" and tin instrumentality a toll connected radical physically, emotionally and adjacent spiritually. Stress needs to beryllium alleviated, and 1 of the champion ways that my Lord and Savior designed to bash this is laughter.
There is nary uncertainty that galore contiguous are facing superior concerns successful life, and not giving owed information for them would not beryllium appropriate. But erstwhile the concern volition allow, laughter and a merry bosom are bully medicine for the weary soul. For much accusation astir our ministry, delight sojourn openbiblebaptistsumter.org.
Joey Durham is pastor astatine Open Bible Baptist Church astatine 180 Old Manning Road successful Sumter. You tin interaction Pastor Durham astatine durham.joey@yahoo.com oregon telephone the religion bureau astatine (803) 481-9315.
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