THE HIDDEN TRUTH BEHIND BEAUTIFUL SMILES

here has been many a day when the muscles in my face are aching with “the smile” outside while my heart is aching with the sorrow inside. Sometimes we need to minister in misery through our pain, but we don’t need to pretend. We can reply in truth to people’s questions by saying something like, “Well now that you ask, quite frankly this isn’t one of my favorite days.” Of course we can always add, “But I will yet praise Him!”