Today, I am going to do something I have not done before. I am going to use the same verse two days in a row. I am doing this because this passage has been on my mind all day.
The text again is Proverbs 15:30
“The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, and good news refreshes the bones.”
What is that saying? I believe it is saying that when you are anxious, you may need someone to come and share your stress. Someone who will bring good news to the story. It will raise your spirits.
If you believe that, you might want to avoid news programs and political speeches. People from hundreds of miles away who go on television and shout at the top of their lungs. You have to be informed, but ration your time with those kinds of things.
I know that sometimes we have to speak about hard things, but do it in the right way. Forty years ago, I was sitting in the office with a friend as we listened to a sermon on tape. In the middle of the sermon, my friend said, “Wow! He is talking about the love of God, but he makes it sound like God is angry.”
There are times when we all need our spirits lifted. You will never find it with negative, life-is-always-bad” people. Always have that friend who will lift your spirits. You need it. Maybe even more importantly, resolve to be that friend who lifts others’ spirits.
It is a decision.
I’m Lonnie Davis
And these are thoughts worth thinking.