He puts a smile on my face

Let the words of God permeate our entire being.  'Place these words on your hearts.  Get them deep inside you .... Teach them to your children.  Talk about them wherever you are, sitting at home or walking in the street; talk about them from the time you get up in the morning until you fall into bed at night' (Deut 11:18-19).


'We need to know, learn, and teach God's word and put it into practice in our lives.  Great blessing comes from living openly and honestly, walking in the light of God's truth as He reveals it in Hos word.'  N. Gumbel.


It is clear from the Psalms and many, many biographies of women and men of God that everyone will have bouts of distress/depression/sadness etc.  Life is not easy, we face constant battles, since the world is full of sin.  


Psalm 43
Clear my name, God; stick up for me against these loveless, immoral people.  Get me out of here, away from these lying degenerates.  I counted on you, God.  Why did you walk out on me?  Why am I pacing the floor, wringing my hands over these outrageous people?

Give me your lantern and compass, give me a map, so I can find my way to the sacred mountain, to the place of your presence, to enter the place of worship, meet my exuberant God, sing my thanks with a harp, magnificent God, my God.


Why are you down in the dumps, dear soul?  Why are you crying the blues?  Fix my eyes on God — soon I'll be praising again.  He puts a smile on my face.  He's my God.


True joy and delight are found in God's presence, hold on fast to this promise  and He will deliver.


He puts a smile on my face.  He is my God.'