Do you have bling?

Bling-bling! It sparkles. It shines. And it surely catches your eye! You’ll be the envy of all your friends if you buy the new and improved Bedazzler.

The new thing in fashion is to be caught covered in sequins and sparkles from your head to your toes. It’s everywhere in magazines, on TV, in the mail catalogs and even in country stores I go in.

How do you want to attract attention…with sparkles and it being all about your outer appearance or do you want it to be about what is inside you? Every girl has a choice. I get tempted to think how do I look in this outfit, do these shoes match with this shirt, or is my hair alright? In fact I think like that every day and I probably shouldn’t do it at all.

What if instead we let our sparkle and light come from the inside? Let’s ask questions instead, asking if we have all the fruits of the Spirit, such as love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance. Now that is some shiny fruit that is sure to sparkle and attract attention!

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23

World Smile Day

Do you recognize this picture?

Henry Ball is the artist who created the yellow smiley face in 1963. This has become one of the biggest symbols of happiness known to this day. He decided that one day a year should be dedicated to smiling and doing acts of kindness.

When I smile it makes me feel happy. When someone smiles at me, it makes me feel that that person cares about me. If you think about it why would someone smile if it had no meaning? They must be in a good mood and have a good attitude for it to really mean something.

A smile means happiness. When Christians smile it can show that we have joy. When people ask us why we’re so happy we can just tell them that we have the love of Jesus.

On World Smile Day, we can make people smile by showing acts of kindness. Here are some ideas for you…

Make a get well card for someone who is sick
Hold the door open for someone
Be the first to give a friendly “Hello”
Hug a friend
Help your mom without being asked
Ask your dad how his day was
Ask your younger sibling if they want to play a fun game
And of course, SMILE!

Do you have another idea to make someone smile? If so, please leave a comment.

"Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice." Philippians 4:4