“If you’re feeling down…….let me pray for you……I’ll be a rainbow in this storm
If you’re in a dark place…….let me pray for you…….I’ll be an evening beam that smiles those clouds away
If you’re sad today and dreading tomorrow……let me pray for you……and hopefully tint tomorrow with prophetic prayer”
“I LIKE SMILING!”
That was my response to somebody the other day, who said ‘Ellie, how come you’re always smiling?’
I should share further…….
The fact is I cannot help smiling! 🙂
I smile when I wake up……..because I WOKE UP! Praise God!
I smile when I taste my first cup of coffee…..Mmmm….. ( I’ll be fully awake any minute now 😉 )
I smile when my daughter gets up happily in the morning, without me having to become a Military Monster!!
I smile because I have a blessed life! Why shouldn’t I smile…..a lot! I forgive, I love, I pray I care, I do……..I SMILE 🙂
I can hear you now as you read this……’nobody can be that happy all the time’
But……..Who says?? And let me tell you…….If you’d been where I’ve been, you’d smile a lot too! Luke 7:47 ‘I tell you, her sins–and they are many–have been forgiven, so she has shown me much love. But a person who is forgiven little shows only little love’ (NLT)
At any rate, it isn’t necessarily about happiness. It isn’t about your mood or circumstance. Nope! It’s about THAT moment…..and whether or not you choose to be optimistic or pessimistic…….
I cannot help but naturally smile when I meet up with people, when I’m interacting with strangers, when I’m at traffic lights, with shopkeepers, wherever I am…….and this is the craziest……I smile when I answer the phone!
But my favourite time to smile is when I’m praying…..I’m communicating with my Father in heaven…..I just drink in all His love……and smile 🙂
There have been times in my life when smiling would seem impossible. But you know, even in the worse times of my life I would unintentionally invite favour into my life, because of my smile…… I was called ‘Smiler’ for years! ( You can read more about this in my book ‘Broken to Blooming’ available on Amazon, Lulu.com, Ingram, Barnes & Noble. Treat yourself! 🙂 )
Smiling can introduce a connection, an opening…….it’s a way of reaching people; a way of displaying you care too! A couple of years ago I was ministering about the love of Jesus to some destitute children in the gypsy villages of Transylvania, Romania. Some of the children depicted feelings of unworthiness and wouldn’t join in with others. They didn’t wear appropriate clothing for the freezing temperatures, or even footwear due to the poverty their families endured. It was heart-breaking and all I wanted to do was love them, involve them and hug them. I gave the children the biggest, warmest smile I could…..and they came to me. They accepted the love I was offering…..they responded to my smile. We couldn’t speak each other’s language….but that didn’t matter, did it? Because a smile is universal!
You can smile in any language! Every person in the world understands a smile!
Do you know!? If you’re feeling miserable, overwhelmed or downright heartbroken….I can guarantee if you look in a mirror and just smile, you will instantly alter your brain physically! Yes, you can trick yourself into feeling brighter by influencing your brain activity with a grin! And that affects your health and well-being…….your heart rate is now feeling chilled…….and your blood pressure reduces! (And let’s face it……if you’re smiling at yourself in the bathroom mirror, trying to improve your mood, you HAVE to laugh, never mind smile ;-D)
And, don’t you just love being around people who make YOU smile? It can be tough spending time with someone who seems intent on being as miserable as possible, or who seems to look on life as ‘a glass half empty’. We’re all made perfectly imperfectly and I’m thankful that God gave each of us such diverse personalities……but I love that God gave ME the personality to generate a smile, in others and myself!
Additionally, what blows my mind is that our Father in Heaven, our amazing God, smiles upon us! He looks at you and me……and He smiles! Doesn’t THAT make you want to beam from ear to ear?! 😀
Psalm 4:6 (NLT) “Many people say, “Who will show us better times?” Let your face smile on us, LORD.
Hey, I like smiling so much that the sequel to ‘Broken to Blooming’ is called ‘I Smile’ and is being written at this very time! 😀
Lord Byron wrote ‘Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray’
If I can be anything to you in this blog today, I hope it’s the above…….
“If you’re feeling down…….let me pray for you……I’ll be a rainbow in this storm
If you’re in a dark place…….let me pray for you…….I’ll be an evening beam that smiles those clouds away
If you’re sad today and dreading tomorrow……let me pray for you……and hopefully tint tomorrow with prophetic prayer”
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LET’S PUT A SMILE ON YOUR FACE!
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