Cheerfulness

Food for your heart this morning…

When I see someone sad, I always think, she is refusing something to Jesus…Cheerfulness is a sign of a generous and mortified person who forgetting all things, even herself, tries to please God in all she does for souls.  Cheerfulness is often a cloak which hides a life of sacrifice, continual union with God, fervor and generosity.  A person who has this gift of cheerfulness very often reaches a great height of perfection.  For God loves a cheerful giver.”  ~ Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta

What are you holding back from God this morning?  It may be something small, like not enough sleep, or a kitchen full of dirty dishes, or something big, like caring for a very sick child or worrying about a husband who has lost his job, but if you are like me and struggling with cheerfulness, it is definitely something.  Praying for all our readers today, that you may all offer your burdens to Jesus and have a cheerful spirit!