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A CHEERFUL HEART

Posted in smiling, tagged , on April 24, 2015| 1 Comment »

Proverbs 15:30      A cheerful look brings joy to the heart, and good news gives health to the bones.
 
Why is it that some of the people you know seem to walk around with a perpetual frown on their faces? They aren’t in a particularly bad mood it seems, they’re just not willing to go all the way to a smile. What a difference it is when you run into a friend who always has a big smile for you, embraces you with a hug and lets you know what a joy it is to be around you.
 
That kind of person not only brings a cheerful look, they bring joy too. They make life feel good. Whatever you’re going to do today, take a look in the mirror before you walk out the door. You may need to adjust the most important part of your wardrobe … your smile. See if it’s there and if it’s ready to meet the world and then share it with everyone you see.
 
A Taste of Joy
 
Lord, I know what a big difference it makes to me when I spend time with the people who greet me with joy. Help me do the same for those I meet today. Amen.
 
 
Michael & Alison Smitherman
The Singing NetSurfers
 
 
 
 
With all the joy that a smile brings others, it brings even more to the one who is smiling.
 
Keep on smiling,
 
Z gardener

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THE POISON OF SLOTH

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on April 2, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Proverbs 21:25 The sluggard’s craving will be the death of him, because his hands refuse to work.

Webster’s defines sloth as “a disinclination to action or labor, sluggishness, laziness, idleness.” In theological contexts, sloth carries with it not only the idea of laziness and spiritual things, but also apathy and inactivity in the practice of our everyday lives.

The slothful person is like a piece of driftwood floating effortlessly and heedlessly downstream with the current. It takes no effort, no strength to be lost. A drifting boat always goes downstream, never up. Likewise, a drifting, slothful soul is inevitably moving toward an eternity of destruction.

The sin of doing nothing–the sin of omission–is just as dangerous as any sin of action–of commission. You don’t have to do anything to be lost: just do nothing. Just be slothful about your soul. Tragically thousands of us Christians are slothful also–when it comes to prayer, worship, reading the Bible, witnessing for Christ, helping neighbors in need, giving to charity, or giving to God’s work.

A stubborn, slothful spirit is a great hindrance to receiving Jesus’ forgiveness and transforming power. Don’t let this happen to you.

Michael & Alison Smitherman
The Singing NetSurfers
I will sing to my Lord as long as I live, I will sing
praise to my God while I have my being.

Broad, low and flat is the way to destruction. It is the narrow, high and rocky path that leads to salvation. We can pretty much assume that if we are taking the easy road filled with many fellow travelers that we are likely on the wrong path. We can also assume that the right path is the far less traveled one filled with challenges and obstacles.

It is easy to go along just to get along in this world. It is exceedingly hard to stay on the path of light and righteousness; God’s path. Many times, we may not be sure which path to take. So, when faced with a choice of paths, we would do well to choose the harder, less traveled one.

On that path God awaits, saying “I am with you and will never forsake you. I will give you what you need to make the journey. And your reward will be the peace which surpasses all understanding.” So, the choice is ours. Will we choose ease or peace, pleasure or joy, sloth or salvation?

Rocky road?

Z gardener

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