A Gift From God
A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.—Proverbs 17:22 (NIV)
“The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.”—Isaiah 40:8 (KJV)
As the leaves on the trees create a brilliant display of majestic hues and then fade and fall, now is the perfect time to reflect on your infinite faith and what it means. How has it changed your life to be in God’s kingdom?
Loving God, help me to see the autumns of life with hope, knowing that every ending is the start of something new.
A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.—Proverbs 17:22 (NIV)
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everyone’s chains came loose.—Acts 16:25–26 (NIV)
Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses. But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.—Luke 5:15–16 (NIV)