Needed Medicine

I'm sure most of us have heard "laughter is good medicine".  Just think about when you laugh.  It brings a smile to your face.  It lifts your spirit.  It puts a bright spot in your day.

Laughter is good medicine because God prescribed it.  Proverbs 17:22 "A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones."  Proverbs 15:13 "A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is crushed"  Just think about when we don't laugh.  We are drained.  We have a dim outlook on life.  We simply don't care anymore or as God puts it our bones are dried up.

While exercising the other morning in a hotel exercise facility the news was the "entertainment" for those of us walking miles and going no where.  The guy on the treadmill next to me said "Is there ever anything good on the news?"  It made me stop and think, we are a doom and gloom society.  The "bad" stuff makes the news not the joyous stuff.

Therefore, we need to be diligent in taking a moment in life each day to laugh.  Share that laughter with a spouse, friend, children, neighbor or simply laugh because you have a memory that brings happiness.  My vision of laughter is my grandma.  She laughs all the time.  In fact, just thinking about it makes me laugh.  Life was not easy for her, but she always found the joy in life and still finds that joy today.  What a blessing she has given to her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Laugh - God prescribed it!  Share it - God asks us to share!

Cheryl