This is what I feel like the Lord has said:
Keep smiling through the pain, through the tears. Keep smiling. Your smile is a testimony of what God can do in you and through you. It will cause others to see how important it is to smile through their circumstances as well. Don’t just smile outside, smile inside as well.
Who wants to smile when they don’t feel like it? Or when things are happening that are nothing to smile at? 🖐️ No? No takers?
I could be right there with you. For real. However, I’m learning that it’s essential to smile, no matter what. You know the Mona Lisa smile? Well, it’s better than that.
You can smile because it’s no secret that…
…Jesus died on the Cross for us (Philippians 2:8)
AND
…rose from the dead (1 Corinthians 15:4)
AND
…made a show of death, hell and the grave (1 Corinthians 15:55; Rev 1:18)
AND
…loves us with an intense, immeasurable love (Romans 5:8)
AND
…secured our victory NOW and forever!!! (1 Corinthians 15:57)
Given all this and your personal testimonies, what’s there not to smile about? 😊
~mnm
