Bible Journaling

Smile! It is good for you! June 2, 2022

“A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.” —Washington Irving

Have you ever sat by a fountain on a warm, sunny day? You listen to the water as it sends its refreshing and cooling spray of water all around you. You hear children laughing who try to put their hands in the spray, or see people enjoying a calm, quiet moment just for themselves.

Kindness is like that. Kindness is the thing that makes people smile because it often comes unexpectedly. It rushes from nowhere in the face of someone passing by, or in the brief words of encouragement from a total stranger. It stops you in your tracks as you seek to take it in and hold on to the moment. It’s your moment of sitting peacefully by the fountain.

May your kindness fall on others like a warming spray of joy, always bring a cooling sense of hope and peace and charity.

“A kind woman gets respect.” — Proverbs 11:16

Let us pray: Lord, help us be ready at any moment to share a smile and a bit of kindness. Father God, hear our prayers of intentions from today, from our prayer wall and for any unmentioned prayers in our hearts.. In Jesus’ Name we pray. Amen.

(Today’s devotional comes from”You are Blessed: 366 Devotions written by Karen Moore) Published by Christian Art Publishers