Inside Smiling

Sometimes we aren't smiling on the inside which makes it tough to smile on the outside.  H. Randolph Holder, President of WNGC Radio Station, used to say  early in each day's broadcast, "keep smiling until  ten o'clock and the rest of the day will take care of itself."  I remember hearing it every morning thinking he should get a new slogan. I was pretty sure people had grown tired of it but now I remember it fondly, and better understand it’s often that first smile that sets the day’s pace!

The Bible tells us the unseen produces the seen: "Though you have not seen him, you love him; and  even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and  glorious joy ... " (1 Peter 1:8-9)  How rich to simply trust the matchless wonder of Jesus Christ  and know His inexpressible and glorious joy.  The simplicity of this prescription for inside smiling is  incredible.  Inside smiling starts in a heart securely rooted in Christ Jesus.  How pleasant to wake up with  Him on the mind, in the heart, and on the lips.  It produces that inside smile, and next thing you know -- it's  slipping outside!