It hurt so much! But I just couldn't stop. Smiling that is. I know! I'm just as shocked as you are. My cheeks were in so much pain but I just could not stop smiling this morning.
Why? Well I don't really know the exact reason. It could be a number of things. Other than the few pounds I gained eating all that fresh seafood and wonderful desserts while on vacation, my life is going pretty well. In fact it's going very well!
You see, it's all in your perspective. The most important thing I've learned lately is that God loves me so much that He allows me to go through difficult situations so that I may grow. That I may flourish. So that I may live! Like Proverbs 31:25b says, I can laugh at the future! And you know what? I do!
It took me quite a while to able to be this way. And yes, there are still times the enemy gets in my head and I find myself down for a bit. But Jesus didn't die for nothing. God hates sin. He hates sin because of what it does to us. It destroys us. It kills us. It separates us from Him. And I certainly don't want to be separated from the One who loves me so much.
So lately, including right now, I'm smiling like crazy. I look to the future with excitement for what God has planned for me. For I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that everything, absolutely everything I have faced in my life was for a reason. Not one person has entered my life by accident. Not one situation has been out of control even when it felt like it. God knew what He was doing. And I trust Him. You know..... I'm pretty sure that's where this smile comes from.
Do you know someone who needs a change in their life? What if it's supposed to start with you? What if you are the only way they will know about the love of the Lord? Being His child means we are chosen. Imagine that! He picked me to be His! Now just why wouldn't I be smiling? And why wouldn't I want you to smile too?
I would love to share this smile He gave me with you. So do you know Him? Would you like to?
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