Good morning,
We must at all cost learn how to maintain a merry and glad heart as we serve the Lord. "A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken." Merry denotes to brighten up; to cheer up; to rejoice and be glad in our emotions, our will and even in our intellect. Understand that nobody can make you have a merry heart, not even God. It is a choice that we must make, with the assistance of the Word of
God. We are responsible for our choices, God
doesn't make us do anything, He has given to us a free will to choose. A
merry heart makes a cheerful countenance. Makes means to cause to happen, to cause to exist, occur, or appear. So, if we have a merry heart then we will have a cheerful countenance [to make well, sound, and beautiful; or figuratively happy, successful,
and right; to benefit; to make better, seem best, to make good, find
favor; show more kindness, make sweet thoroughly (to affect our
demeanor, our expression, our look, our visage or appearance) our
behavior towards others and our outward manner; our actions and conduct. A merry heart causes us to look beautiful and makes things seem better,
and helps us to show more kindness and makes us sweet thoroughly. Now
this should be something worth fighting to keep, but we must choose,
right. "I
call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set
before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life,
that both thou and thy seed may live:" (Deut. 30:19) God has set before us in His Word, and He gives us the answer, choose life. So here in Proverbs 15:13,
death and life, blessing and cursing is set before us; merry heart/cheerful countenance or sorrow of heart/broken spirit. Remember that
your choice not only affects you, but your seed also. Now our seed has
to choose for themselves, but, it would be a stronger choice for life as they see your life modeling the right choice. Choose is to elect, and decide to select freely
and after consideration, shows that you have options. The rest of the verse reads, "but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken",
Sorrow of heart denotes pain, injury, hurt, and wound to the mind,
emotions, or intellect. Spirit broken means our inner being or the seat
of our emotion becomes afflicted, stricken, damaged, or altered. Now
all of us have had times when we have gone through sorrow, but we must
cycle through it with as much speed as possible. It is not a place that
we want to camp out at, for the longer we stay there the more probable
it is of us entering into a broken spirit. A broken spirit is on another
level of recovery.
God. We are responsible for our choices, God
doesn't make us do anything, He has given to us a free will to choose. A
merry heart makes a cheerful countenance. Makes means to cause to happen, to cause to exist, occur, or appear. So, if we have a merry heart then we will have a cheerful countenance [to make well, sound, and beautiful; or figuratively happy, successful,
and right; to benefit; to make better, seem best, to make good, find
favor; show more kindness, make sweet thoroughly (to affect our
demeanor, our expression, our look, our visage or appearance) our
behavior towards others and our outward manner; our actions and conduct. A merry heart causes us to look beautiful and makes things seem better,
and helps us to show more kindness and makes us sweet thoroughly. Now
this should be something worth fighting to keep, but we must choose,
right. "I
call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set
before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life,
that both thou and thy seed may live:" (Deut. 30:19) God has set before us in His Word, and He gives us the answer, choose life. So here in Proverbs 15:13,
death and life, blessing and cursing is set before us; merry heart/cheerful countenance or sorrow of heart/broken spirit. Remember that
your choice not only affects you, but your seed also. Now our seed has
to choose for themselves, but, it would be a stronger choice for life as they see your life modeling the right choice. Choose is to elect, and decide to select freely
and after consideration, shows that you have options. The rest of the verse reads, "but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken",
Sorrow of heart denotes pain, injury, hurt, and wound to the mind,
emotions, or intellect. Spirit broken means our inner being or the seat
of our emotion becomes afflicted, stricken, damaged, or altered. Now
all of us have had times when we have gone through sorrow, but we must
cycle through it with as much speed as possible. It is not a place that
we want to camp out at, for the longer we stay there the more probable
it is of us entering into a broken spirit. A broken spirit is on another
level of recovery.
So since we will never have a problem-free life, it would be to our advantage to learn how to
enjoy our life and practice it until we become skilled at maintaining a merry heat. "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones." (Pro. 17:22) The Amplified version says; "A happy heart is good medicine and a cheerful mind works healing, but a broken spirit dries up the bones." Do you want to be healed or have dried up bones? That option seems more defined and makes choosing easier. Medicine represents a cure and a healing. Dries means to wither up and have no moisture, devoid of water, and lacking freshness. We
are suppose to have rivers of living water in us, not being dried up
bones. Are you weak, sick, broken, afflicted, stricken, or
plain ole' tired? Then make a choice, you will start feeling better,
showing more kindness, being sweet thoroughly, and you will benefit and
stop the drying up of your bones, your whole self. A merry heart works a
cure and a healing on the inside and also works on our demeanor and
helps us to reflect our Father's beauty. Let's stay fresh and choose a
merry heart!
enjoy our life and practice it until we become skilled at maintaining a merry heat. "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones." (Pro. 17:22) The Amplified version says; "A happy heart is good medicine and a cheerful mind works healing, but a broken spirit dries up the bones." Do you want to be healed or have dried up bones? That option seems more defined and makes choosing easier. Medicine represents a cure and a healing. Dries means to wither up and have no moisture, devoid of water, and lacking freshness. We
are suppose to have rivers of living water in us, not being dried up
bones. Are you weak, sick, broken, afflicted, stricken, or
plain ole' tired? Then make a choice, you will start feeling better,
showing more kindness, being sweet thoroughly, and you will benefit and
stop the drying up of your bones, your whole self. A merry heart works a
cure and a healing on the inside and also works on our demeanor and
helps us to reflect our Father's beauty. Let's stay fresh and choose a
merry heart!
Love,
Pastor D.
Daughters of Z 