THE BEST MEDICINE

Part 3: Summer Fun
[Ecclesiastes 8:10-15]

²² A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength. —Proverbs 17:22 (NLT)
²² A cheerful disposition is good for your health; gloom and doom leave you bone-tired. —Proverbs 17:22 (MSG)
¹ There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven— ² A time to give birth and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted. ³ A time to kill and a time to heal; A time to tear down and a time to build up. ⁴ A time to weep and a time to laugh; A time to mourn and a time to dance. —Ecclesiastes 3:1–4
²⁶ Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and the small animals that scurry along the ground.” ²⁷ So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. —Genesis 1:26–27 (NLT)
¹³ And they were bringing children to Him so that He might touch them; but the disciples rebuked them. ¹⁴ But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and said to them, “Permit the children to come to Me; do not hinder them; for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. ¹⁵ “Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all.” ¹⁶ And He took them in His arms and began blessing them, laying His hands on them. —Mark 10:13–16

THE BEST MEDICINE

Part 3: Summer Fun

¹⁰ I have seen wicked people buried with honor. Yet they were the very ones who frequented the Temple and are now praised in the same city where they committed their crimes! This, too, is meaningless. ¹¹ When a crime is not punished quickly, people feel it is safe to do wrong. ¹² But even though a person sins a hundred times and still lives a long time, I know that those who fear God will be better off. ¹³ The wicked will not prosper, for they do not fear God. Their days will never grow long like the evening shadows. ¹⁴ And this is not all that is meaningless in our world. In this life, good people are often treated as though they were wicked, and wicked people are often treated as though they were good. This is so meaningless! ¹⁵ So I recommend having fun, because there is nothing better for people in this world than to eat, drink, and enjoy life. That way they will experience some happiness along with all the hard work God gives them under the sun. —Ecclesiastes 8:10–15 (NLT)

MAKING ROOM TO LAUGH

1.) Proximity

2.) Perspective

3.) Positivity