My smile is an acknowledgement of my faith in God. When I choose to put my concerns in His hands and leave them there, I have nothing left to do but bask in His promises.
I have lived through traumatic times when that smile did not beam naturally from within me. Though my soul was writhing, I affixed that smile every day because I knew that’s where it belonged. Yes, it would quiver frequently and flip upside down in a frail moment, but I would eventually find my way to a mirror, see things more clearly, and coax it back into position.
How could I accomplish this when my world was crushing into pieces? God.
I turned my focus from what I desperately wanted to who I knew God to be. God gives me strength and lets me rest in His. He doesn’t leave me. He watches over my life and keeps me from harm. He blesses me. When I run to Him, I am safe. He has good plans for my future and His plans do not falter. He guides me. He delivers me. He is with me forever.
God’s word is full of His promises, those and many more. How He will fulfill them in my life, I do not know but I smile with the serenity of knowing He will.
And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? Matthew 6:27
Meeting God at the Park 