Your facial expression tells us many things about what is going on in your heart. It is difficult to separate a man's countenance from what he feels. A happy face is associated with good times and a sad face equates bad times. But we know life is full of ups and downs, it is our ability to control these ups and downs that make us win in life. We should control life, life shouldn't control us. A consistently happy countenance is a clear sign of maturity and trust in God. A happy face doesn't necessarily mean one has no challenges, it shows rather that one trusts God absolutely and doesn't see any challenge to be bigger than Him. Nehemiah 2:1 tells us something deep about the character of Nehemiah: "And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. NOW I HAD NOT BEEN BEFORETIME SAD IN HIS PRESENCE." Nehemiah was a captive, a prisoner, a sl...
...inspirations for living victoriously.