A Smile or Two

 "Smiling Dog" by Dee Kamp

A Smile or Two 

 I once had an employee who worked at our little country store years ago that would often complain about her day. She told how hard it was with all the cranky customers she had to deal with. That’s when one day I asked her to look up the customer count for her shift.

 Puzzled, but doing as I asked, she answered, “Over one hundred while I was out on the cash register and not cooking in the back.”

 “And how many of those were friendly, even gave you a good laugh or made you smile today?”

 “Most of them and one guy made me laugh out loud! Only one old geezer growled at me,” she said and started to laugh about it.

“What joy for the nation whose God is the LORD,

whose people he has chosen as his inheritance.

The LORD looks down from heaven and sees the whole human race.

From his throne he observes all who live on the earth.

 He made their hearts, so he understands everything they do.” Psalm 33:13-15 NLT

It’s just our human nature to focus on what went wrong in our day and forget to look at what was pretty good after all.  But how thankful we can be when we look back on our days and remember there was at least one something or someone that made us smile. 

 What a joy to realize there is nothing too difficult for God and He can bring a smile when we least expect one. How good it is to remember everyone needs one and we should pass one on whenever we can.

 No matter what’s going on in our life today, God knows all about it. And He will send us something or someone to make us smile. All we need to do is keep our eyes open and remember who is watching over us every hour of the day, every step of the way.

Let us count the smiles,

Not who or what makes us grumble today

For God is certain

To bring a smile or two our way

"A Smile or Two" by Dee Kamp, Grace Every Morning Ministries, July 12, 2013