The Smile

A couple of weeks ago I took a day off of work so that Caleb and I could spend his birthday together with no kids. Being the task oriented person that I am we had a plan. We would start out eating donuts, do some much needed Christmas shopping, eat a birthday lunch at Cheddars and be done in time to pick Morgan and Claire up from KU at 2:30!

The day was great, we got everything done and had a blast doing it. I also had a very unexpected blessing that helped start the day off right. When we go to donut stop on Georgia we like to sit in the back room. You know the one with the glass wall where you can watch the donuts roll through the glaze. Caleb and I were sitting there having a nice conversation when this pretty girl walked by that big glass wall. I noticed she was smiling at me and so I politely smiled back. Then I realized she just kept smiling and I thought
~ Oh, there must be something wrong with her~
Then I felt the Holy Spirit say ~ Why do we automatically think something is wrong with someone because they are smiling~

(maybe they know something we don't)

In that moment I was convicted and I thought maybe there is something wrong with me. I am so blessed with health both physical and mental, my family, my home. We (as a society) have so much to smile about and yet we walk around solemn.

So next time you see someone with what society perceives as a disability, notice the smile on that persons face ( 9 times out of 10 there will be one) Think about the blessings in your life and put a smile on your face!