HAPPINESS

“Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.”

Proverbs 12:25 KJV

Calia Altstaetter wrote a hymn that should make us search our heart “Make Somebody Happy Today”.  I wonder if we can honestly say we are making people happy or if we allow schedules and other things to stop us from serving Jesus.  When Jesus was here, He was always helping others. 

“If your own sorrows you want to forget, Make somebody happy today; If in your heart you would know no regret, Make somebody happy today. Others near by you may be in despair, Struggling ’neath crosses so heavy to bear; They may take heart, if you show that you care—...”

The words in this hymn are so true.  If we show others we care about them and tell them and then prove to them how much Jesus loves them, we will make Jesus happy.  “And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me” (Matthew 25:40).

Are we making Jesus happy by our kindness and love to one another or are we hurting Him?  May God help us to show others how much Jesus loves them not only by our kind and loving words but also by our kind and loving actions.  Jesus deserves to be happy after all that He has done for us.

Joanne Lowe

May 1, 2018