Cultivating Cheerfulness

God has given us the ability to laugh for a reason. It may seem like a little thing, but laughter is vitally important in the battle against stress, anxiety, fear and worry. It’s a tool from God that benefits you in so many ways.

Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them” (Psalm 126:2).

He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with shouting (Job 8:21).

A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones (Proverbs 17:22).

“The Bible says a joyful heart is a good medicine because laughter lifts your spirits, improves your mental, emotional and physical health, and de-stresses your mind. And (here is the best part) . . . it costs nothing.”