June 01st, 2024

A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. (Proverbs 17:22)
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Laughter prompts the body to release those feel good hormones called endorphins. Endorphins are our natural painkillers and help improve our mood. “From ancient times, laughter has been used to influence cognitive behavior to improve and establish healthy physical, psychological, and social relationships.” That's why doctors report that laughter improves circulation, reduces insomnia and reduces stress.

An even greater source of joy is what we find in serving God. In doing so we cause the body to release those same feel good hormones. Spurgeon wrote, “The apostle says, ‘Rejoice in the Lord alway.’People who are very happy, especially those who are very happy in the Lord, are not apt either to give offence or to take offence. Their minds are so sweetly occupied with higher things, that they are not easily distracted by the little troubles which naturally arise among such imperfect creatures as we are. Joy in the Lord is the cure for all discord. Should it not be so? What is this joy but the concord of the soul, the accord of the heart, with the joy of heaven? Joy in the Lord, then, drives away the discords of earth.”

I pray we take time to rejoice, seek opportunities to allow ourselves to smile, laugh, relax and be joyful in the Lord. It is proven to be the best medicine and it’s cost free. 

GiGi❤️