A Prescription for Health
Aren’t I cute? Although I am not a cat lover, I found this picture quite amusing. Let’s face it, dogs are much cuter, but maybe this smile will make you smile.
We are living in a time when everyone seems to have some sort of ailment. Every day it seems we are learning of some new sickness or disease. It is almost as if we should never venture out for fear of contracting some dreaded disease. If I had just seen the future 15 years ago I would have invested in the stock from the Purell company! I mean, let’s not touch anything lest we die! 
People are so paranoid now that after we do anything we feel the need to cleanse ourselves. What ever happened to “mud cakes?”
Pills exist for just about everything. From pharmacies to vitamins, from doctors to health food advocates we are told any number of ways we can be healthier. “Go to the gym,” some will say. Run more, ride your bike more, play golf more, exercise more, these and other mantra can be heard. Yet, it seems more and more of society suffers from some sort of phobia or illness. How can we get healthier? How can we get better? Let me suggest a way that King Solomon recommended over 3000 years ago.
Proverbs 17:22 says, “A merry heart does good like medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.” Yes, a joyful outlook on life, a good time of laughter, will bring health to our bodies. Doctors and researchers have studied the phenomenon of laughter and health and conclude that they co-exist. The more one laughs, the more one possesses a joyful outlook, the healthier one will be. It is both biblical and scientific. Stories are told that Norm Cousins was told he didn’t have long to live. So, as part of his therapy, he was watch humorous movies and cartoons so he could laugh at least ten minutes every day. Reportedly he said for every ten minutes of laughter related to an hour of pain free living. Now, there’s a reason to laugh.
Sunday night we will have a “Family FUN Night.” The design for the night is to have FUN! Is that unspiritual? Based upon Solomon’s word I don’t think so. In fact, at least three time in Proverb he mentions a “merry heart.” (Prov. 15:13,15; 17:22) So, Sunday night we will attempt to have as much FUN as we possibly can. And, it will be much more FUN if YOU would come! If you are reading this and you don’t live in our area, just get your family together sometime for some FUN times. We will play games, sit around and talk, and provide a FUN video to watch. It’s your choice how to have FUN. But, most of all we want to have FUN.
The service will begin at 5:00 pm. We will sing a bit, I will be speaking on the subject of joy and FUN, and then we will be dismissed to have some FUN.
To get you started I found these definitions which I hope will be FUN for you. These are some “red neck” definitions.
Benign – What you be after you be eight!
Catscan – searching for the cat
Barium – What you do with dead folks!
Morbid – a higher bid than I made
Seizure – Roman Emperor
Well, ok, enough is enough. Just laugh more today. Enjoy the Lord and His provisions. If you are suffering, grieving, or in pain, my prescription is this, “The Joy of the Lord is my strength.” (Neh. 8:10)
