I’ll Take It

Proverbs 17:22 (KJV) A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

This chapter is full of a lot of gloom and doom.  It has a lot of warnings and cautions.  But right here in the middle you find this reminder about how important it is to have a merry heart.

I think the reason it stood out to me was because when I read this, I had spent already an hour on the porch in the dark of the morning, and the Lord had been dealing with me.  Sometimes it was a gentle reminder.  Other times it was like being hit upside the head.  But He kept working on me until I started listening.

What a joy it is to know the living God.  What a joy it is to be reminded that although He is dealing with billions of people at the same time, I still consider it a one on one conversation.  And I’m not wrong. That’s part of the glory of who God is.

So? Focus on Him. Listen to what He has to say. And let your heart be made merry.