“So I heard a story once about a lady who was sick with some form of cancer..and that she didn’t have long to live..Amen..and so she was just literally giving up..giving up on life..giving up on herself..and her family..everything..because she figured what was the use?..Amen..but one day her husband spoke with their pastor..and the pastor suggested that the husband get him and his wife together every afternoon and they watch anything that was funny to them..regardless of how she was feeling..he says get her to begin laughing..laughing will help her to bring relief from this terrible disease that her body has been stricken with..Amen..and he does just that the husband..at first the wife didn’t want to..because she did not feel well..and how many of you know that we do go by our feelings way more then what we do our faith..which in turn is not a good thing..but the husband persisted so she gave in and they gathered up on their couch and begin every afternoon watching a funny movie or video..and the first few evenings the wife was not at all happy about them..she didn’t find any of it amusing or let alone funny..but little by little she began to laugh at them and she began to look forward to them afternoons with her husband and them funny movies or videos..Amen..and a few months had passed by and the lady was feeling better..looking better..and her body was healing..and over about a year of doing this..the lady ended up being cancer free..Amen!”

“I can see why the Lord tells us in His word that laughter does good like a medicine..but a broken spirit dries our bones..Proverbs 17:22..Amen..and I did myself a little research on laughing and the effects of it..and what all it does to our bodies and I can say it is amazing at what happens when we laugh..Amen..it lowers stress levels..and stress does a whole lot of mess to our bodies..it causes headaches..depression..heartburn..insomnia..it causes rapid breathing..the muscles that help you to breathe tense up..causing you to get short of breath..weakens your immune system..risk for a heart attack..high blood pressure..tense muscles..and that is just to name a few that stress causes on our bodies..Amen..but when we laugh it increases oxygen in our bodies..which in turn increases our heart rate and stimulates our nervous system..bringing in loads of extra oxygen which is the most wonderful thing for the organs in our bodies..Amen..it as well reduces artery inflammation..which increases our HDL which is our good cholesterol..that in turn increases blood flow..lowers stress hormones..which causes our blood vessels to constrict..and that helps to reduce our risk of having a heart attack..Amen..so whatever you are doing in your life..the one thing I pray that we all are doing is laughing..that we seek it out in our lives..because the good Lord knows that we need it..for it will change our lives..and only for the better..our health..our bodies..our minds..everything..so let us get to laughing and laughing hard having one of them good ole belly laughs..Amen..and I am going to leave us all with this Irish Proverb that says..a good laugh and a long sleep..are the two best cures for anything..Amen..so let us get to sleeping and let us all get to laughing..for it is in His name, Jesus’ name, that I do ask and pray..Amen and Amen..Be blessed today my dear sweet friends and remember wherever you go and whatever you do, Be a light for our Father, Much love to you all, Mandi ❤️