WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT… GRIEF?
by Betty Miller Proverbs 15:13-14(Amp): 13 A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken. 14 The mind of him who has understanding, seeks knowledge, inquires after and craves it, but the mouths of (self-confident) fools feed on folly. In these verses in Proverbs we find a comparison between a merry heart and a sorrowful heart. Verse 13 tells us that you can tell the condition of a man’s heart by looking at his countenance (his facial appearance). When people are happy, you can tell by the sparkle in their eyes, their smile and their cheerful attitude. When they are older, they will even have what we call “smile wrinkles” instead of the wrinkles caused by frowning. Indeed, facial looks reveal a lot about a person. You can also read on a person’s face when they have sorrow in their heart, especially when you know a person. We have all experienced someone saying to us, when we were troubled about something, “What is wrong? Are you worried about som
