David Jeremiah Devotional 8 February 2023 Turning Point Titled Twelve Laughs

Interesting is the word for today’s daily devotional on the Turning Point written by Dr David Jeremiah Wednesday 8 February 2023. Twelve Laughs is a story about a man who paid an actor for making him laugh.

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Bible Verse for Today

Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh. Luke 6:21

Recommended Reading: Luke 6:20-23

Read Insight>>> Turning Point Daily Devotional by Dr David Jeremiah for Wednesday 8th February 2023 titled Twelve Laughs

When William K. Vanderbilt visited Constantinople, he invited the actor Coquelin the Elder to perform on his yacht. Several days later, Coquelin received a check. Vanderbilt paid him $2,400 “for laughter, twelve times.”

Orison Marden, who told that story in an old book, said, “Laughter begins in the lungs and diaphragm, setting the liver, stomach, and other internal organs into a quick, jelly-like vibration, which gives a pleasant sensation and exercise, almost equal to that of horseback riding.”[1]

Most of us worry more than we laugh. But remember, “A merry heart does good, like medicine” (Proverbs 17:22). In Luke 6:21, Jesus promised laughter to the weeping. We’ll enjoy many good laughs in the cheerfulness of heaven, but don’t wait until then. Cultivate a merry heart now. Instead of focusing on what might be, focus on what will be.

Keep your mind regulated by the reality of God’s eternity. When we focus on life eternal, we diminish the worry of temporal things. Cheerfulness is knowing God has us today, and He also has tomorrow under His perfect control.

Mirth is God’s medicine. Everybody out to bathe in it. Grim care…anxiety, all this rust of life ought to be scoured off by the oil of mirth. – Henry Ward Beecher

[1] Orison Marden, Wisdom and Empowerment (Chicago, IL: Musaicum Books, 2017).

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