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Friday! Proverbs!
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Proverbs 17:22 ESV
God made us to live and function in a body.
Interesting thought!
And who we are, our heart, is connected.
How our heart is affects us physically.
A joyful heart.
No matter what we might be suffering from physically, having joy, choosing joy, changes things.
For the better.
And a crushed spirit.
Just writing those 2 words saddens me. Having a crushed spirit is not the way it should be, not the way it's supposed to be.
There is a Redeemer.
One who was crushed for us.
One who wants to work in the broken crushed parts of our hearts, and uncrush them.
Our job is to work with Him in that.
Uncrushing
It may be our own hearts, or the hearts of others, He calls us to work with him in the uncrushing.
A crushed spirit is not how it should be, and one day all that is broken will be unbroken, all that is crushed will be uncrushed, there'll be no more tears, and all will be made new.
In the meantime, there's uncrushing to do... :)
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#onedayallwillbemadenew

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