The word for this week is "merry"! Proverbs 15:13 says this:
13 A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. KJV
Proverbs 17:22 says this:
22 A merry heart does good like a medicine: but a broken spirit dries the bones. KJV
This is the Hebrew word "sameach". Strong's Concordance says: blithe (Dictionary: happy, carefree, lighthearted), or gleeful. Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon says: joyful, glad, showing joy. The Theological Workbook - Old Testament says: being glad or joyful with the whole disposition. Wishing someone a "Merry Christmas" is much more than just a saying! You are blessing them with cheerfulness, joyfulness and great health! What a wonderful thing we've been saying without even realizing it! Keep sowing those great seeds into the lives of others and you and your family will reap a tremendous harvest of joy and health! Have a VERY Merry Christmas and a most-blessed 2013! Here is another Merry Christmas song from Hillsong's new album. It's a fun new take on "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen":
Love and Shalom from the Swoveys!
