It's best to live with a smile

It's amazing what a smile can do.

When you go through life smiling, it will confuse your enemies and assure your friends.

“A cheerful disposition is good for your health; gloom and doom leave you bone tired.” Proverbs 17:22 [MSG]. A Biblical quotation equated to financial response is applicable. Jesus' words (Luke 6:38) “Give away your life; you'll find life given back, but not merely given back — given back with bonus and blessing. Giving, not getting, is the way. Generosity begats generosity.”

When a smile is given, there is potential to receive a smile. When you give what is great expense to you, your reward will be great.

God has provided beauty in this world. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, as it has been said. What you look for is what you will see. Look for the pleasantness in life. Look for blessing in your life. Sorrow is there. You don't even need to look for it to find it.

Jesus' declaration gives perspective: “You are what you believe.” Matthew 9:29 [MSG]. Be God's pleasantness and love. Do what God desires. Hope and wishes will be fulfilled when you connect with God's plan. The creator and caregiver of the universe guarantees fulfillment from his unlimited capacity.

Rev. Paul Killingsworth serves as pastor at Yuma First Assembly.