**Daily Devotional** **January 9** *22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. (Proverbs 17:22 KJV)* It seems like the average Christian spends a lot of time in exercise and health foods. They think that diets and pills are all that matter to our health, but the Lord is telling us that a merry heart is like a medicine, and that honoring our parents will give us long life (Exodus 20:12). No one seems to think that way, although even the medical profession is coming to realize that laughter is like a medicine, and that our emotions have a lot to do with our physical health. It is amazing to me that God gave us such good advice about how to live and be healthy, and we have mostly ignored it. If we are in good spirits and following after the spirit, we will stay in good health, and be in a good frame of mind. When the peace of God flows over you, it makes you so content that the cares of this world just go away, or become unimportant in comparison to the love of God. If you truly understand and experience the love of God, you will not be worried about your health all the time. If you know the healing power that we have inside us through the atonement of Jesus (1 Peter 2:24), then if the devil does manage to put any sickness on you, all you have to do is let the power of God cure it for you. Beats the heck out of going to the doctor and taking a bunch of medicine. The Creator knows more about your body then any doctor ever will – Praise God. Devotional by Pastor Joe W. Green, www.infinite-faith.com