Sincere Milk

Key Verse

“Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.” Proverbs 14:13

Text — Proverbs 14:11-13

Message

Everyone loves to laugh and be merry. Even doctors, Esometimes, advise some sick people to find ways to laugh frequently. They say this helps to relieve pain and cause the sick to recover quickly. Laughter reduces stress, boosts mood, triggers healthy changes in the body. It relieves from fear, worry and anxiety. Do you know that some people pay so much money to laugh? There is what is called “Entertainment Industry”. What those involved claim to do, primarily, is to make people laugh and be happy. Comedians or jesters make funny comments, sometimes ungodly remarks, so that people can laugh and pay them money. Some people say by such laughter they get relieved from their burdens and sorrows. But how terrible it is when people try to laugh the guilt of their sins away. They go in search of laughter to ignore God, cover the evil they have done and silence their consciences. Yet, that mirth (fun, laughter) is heaviness (emptiness). But their heaviness returns when the laughter ends.

You can never find true and lasting happiness in what the Bible may refer to as “sorrowful laughter”. No matter how you laugh, you cannot laugh the shame and guilt of your bad doings away. Repent from your sins and you will find true happiness in Christ.

Further Reading

Psalm 32:1,2

Prayer for today

It is freedom from sins that gives true happiness. Lord, help me to keep myself pure.