Wednesday, August 13,
2025
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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