May 25, 2024

May 25:  Cheerfulness and Contentment.

Cheerfulness Reflects the Beauty of the Soul.
A glad heart makes a happy face; a broken heart crushes the spirit.--Proverbs 15:13. NLT

ALL MAY POSSESS a cheerful countenance, a gentle voice, a courteous manner, and these are elements of power.--Education, 240.

The human countenance itself is a mirror of the soul, read by others, and having a telling influence upon them for good or evil.--Testimonies for the Church, vol. 3, 522.

The faces of those who are benevolent and sympathetic will shine with the luster of true goodness, while those who do not cherish kindly thoughts and unselfish motives express in their faces the sentiments cherished in their hearts.--Testimonies for the Church, vol. 4, 63.

Christ abiding in the heart shines out in the faces of those who love Him and keep His commandments.  Truth is written there.  The sweet peace of heaven is revealed.  There is expressed a habitual gentleness, a more than human love.--Christ's Object Lessons, 102.

Love imparts to its possessor grace, propriety, and comeliness of deportment.  Love illuminates the countenance and subdues the voice; it refines and elevates the entire man.  It brings him into harmony with God, for it is a heavenly attribute.--Testimonies for the Church, vol. 4, 559.

                                          If you want to enjoy life
                                     and see many happy days,
                               keep your tongue from speaking evil
                                     and your lips from telling lies.
                                  Turn away from evil and do good.
                           Search for peace, and work to maintain it.
                                                                  --1 Peter 3:10, 11, NLT