Enjoying Life

Serve the LORD with gladness.

Psalm 100:2

“When somebody is eighty-three years old and is able to do just a little bit of the work she loves, that is a great privilege,” said the inimitable Corrie ten Boom before adding, no doubt with a smile, “but I am able to do so much!”^a According to her coworker, Pam Rosewell, Corrie was continually thankful to God for every opportunity to serve Him, and she went about her task with an enthusiasm hard to equal. “How she enjoyed life,” Pam later recalled, “and what a sense of humor she had! We spent a lot of time laughing; she was very young in spirit.”

Proverbs 15:15 says, “He who is of a merry heart has a continual feast.”

Every day has its share of burdens, and many of us have aches and pains. But a cheerful heart is as irrepressible as a cork in water. A joyful person just cannot be held down. What a privilege to serve the Lord with gladness and to use our gifts for His glory, doing so with a merry heart.

The future is glorious. The best is yet to be, and you and I have the privilege to help hasten the coming of Jesus.

CORRIE TEN BOOM