The little girl from California was born without the nerve that allows the facial muscles to form a smile, a condition that currently affects some 1,000 people in the United States. Today, thanks to two operations, Chelsey can smile. Everybody needs something to smile or laugh about. Perhaps it's the comment of a friend or seeing a child at play. Or knowing that today we celebrate again God's great gift of life.
Life is genuinely good.
Hard times, pain and misfortune are real. But you can be happy. My kids seem to think I'm weird because I'm always in a good frame of mind and wake up singing, but it doesn't make sense to go around mopey and mad for very long. Jesus, too, knew happiness. He enjoyed the companionship of friends and children.