| A Merry Heart |
| “A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance” (Proverbs 15:3). |
| “He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.” (Proverbs 15:15). |
“A merry heart doeth good like a medicine.”
(Proverbs 17:22). |
| I laughed till I thought I would be sick. The tears ran down my face, and my stomach hurt. When I thought about it later I realized what I was laughing at really wasn’t that funny. But then I thought of the above verses. God wants us to be happy, to laugh, to enjoy life. We are not to go around with long, sad, frowning faces. |
| There is of course a difference between having “a merry heart” and having a foolish heart. The Bible warns us to not be taken up with “foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient” (Ephesians 5:4). |
| So, like in most things, there needs to be a balance, realizing that there is a time and a place for everything. Even, “a time to laugh” (Ecclesiastes 3:4). |
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