A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
Proverbs 17:22
This translation of this Old Testament passage comes from the New American Standard. The New International Version renders “joyful heart” as “cheerful heart.” But I like The Message for the most modern-day reading:
“A cheerful disposition is good for your health;
gloom and doom leave you bone-tired.”
I love that! I place special emphasis on the first part of the verse. Whether it’s joy or cheerfulness or heart or disposition, all versions tell the same story. Attitude determines altitude. How I think about something and the attitude with which I approach life and circumstances directly affects my heart, health, and healing.
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