A joyful heart is good medicine,
but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. Proverbs 17:22 (ESV)
As I sit at my desk this morning and contemplate the day, it comes to mind that I have a dentist appointment this morning and I hope the dentist is in a good mood and has a smile on his face. Yes, I hope that he has had a full nights sleep, a good breakfast and a staff that greeted him with a smile as he entered the office. The first thing that I will do upon greeting him this morning will be to smile and show him the love that God has called me to share.
Do you know that our smiles are gifts? There was a story about Mother Teresa and her helping a terribly sick woman. Mother Teresa stated that she did all that her love could do for the woman in the fact that she put her in a bed and cared for her needs. Mother Teresa stated that the woman didn't complain, instead she said thank you, and died. In the woman's death she gave Mother Teresa a gift, the gift of a person who died with a smile on their face.
As we all gather this day after the events at the Boston Marathon, what can we do, what can we say to others. My prayer is that we will take the advice of Mother Teresa and do all that our love can do, and do it with the gift of God's presence in the form of a smile.
Beloved when encountering events that we have no answer for, when not able to comprehend what can be done for a people in crisis, extend to them the presence of God in the form of a smile. Additionally, when others embrace us with the gift of a smile, understand that that we have been extended the first and most visible gift of God!
Smile today my friends, and give a gift to all you encounter.
Pastor Tim
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