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Thursday, August 15, 2024

THEY SHALL LAUGH!

 

Thursday, August 15, 2024

 

THEY SHALL LAUGH!

 

Luke 6:21

21 Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

 

          The word “smile” appears nowhere in our English Bible. However, the word “laugh” appears 18 times in 17 verses. Did the characters in Bible times never smile? I think they did.

 

          A smile is much more subtle than a laugh. A smile can indicate a variety of things including deceit. Some smiles include a contraction of the muscles at the corner of the eyes, an action known as a "Duchenne smile". Smiles performed without the eye contraction may be perceived as insincere. Among humans, smiling is an expression denoting pleasure, sociability, happiness, joy or amusement.

 

          This old world is not a happy place. Jesus addressed those that wept and told them that their weeping could be turned into full blown laughter! The ultimate destination for believers is laughter and joy – uncontained and overflowing joy!

 

Ps 30:4-5

4 Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. 5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

 

Dear Lord, thank you for turning mourning into rejoicing. AMEN

 

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