"Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better."
Many will read this and quickly dispel its wisdom. For in our day, society is bent on removing all saddness and replacing life with laughter. Tell a joke, find humor, see movies of comedies, fill your mind with humor is there chief end. Satan is uses these things to blind the reasoning of wisdom. Men hate sorrow, they can't stand to be sad. They use prescription drugs and cousneling to undo any work of saddness in one's own life. There is only ONe that is able to give peace and restore peace, that is Jesus Christ our Lord and SAvior. Sorrow is better than laughter - Why? Most will find fault with this. He goes on to answer it in the last part of the verse. But let us look for a moment at this phrase for our benefit and prayers. Why sorrow over laughter? I think it to be obvious, but all may not agree with me on this. When people are consumed with laughter they are more 'weak' minded. They are silly, light hearted and the serious things of life, eternity cannot be dealt with properly. But yet, when sorrow is present, there is much weighedness, much contemplation and searching of heart. Sorrow produces a more thought provoking and searching of the mind.
It is far more studious of 'why' things are and how things are. It is easier to face reality than the deceptive laughter. there is a time for everything; there is a time to laugh, there is a time to be sorrowful. No one is saying choose one and neglect the other. LIfe is good when it is evenly balanced. I, personally, don't want to be around someone that laughs at everything. Some things aren't to be laughed at. I also don't want to be aroudn those that are always depressed and crying, then I become depressed. There is an even balance to be manintained. Sorrow over sin, but rejoice in a great Savior. Sorrow over conditions, but laugh knwoing that Satan is running out of time. Sorrow over lost men but rejoice that God has made a way. Now let us look at Solomon's answer: For by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better - word study, made; Unusal remedy for the heart, be sad;
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