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Unwrap a Smile Summer 2010
Just recently while driving down the road I saw a slogan in large letters written down the side of a truck, it grabbed my attention. It said, “Unwrap a Smile!” I’ve seen this before on the Little Debbie snack cake trucks, but this time I had to smile when I read it. Their marketing is excellent! Obviously their intenvtion is for me to think that I will have some joy when eating one of their great sweet cakes. For some reason I couldn’t get this phrase out of my mind. As I keep thinking about it, I’ve decided that one of my goals will be to try to unwrap a smile with as many people as possible. Far too many are living in difficult days.
My heart is heavy for the flood victims in Nashville. Having family and friends in Nashville I’m still so saddened over the devastation that happened. And now with the recent oil spill more destruction and difficulty looms on the horizon of this great land of ours. Is God getting our attention? Certainly the oil spill is man’s fault, and I trust we will learn from it. It appears to be just the beginning of this horrific mistake.
Unfortunately there will be more challenges as man continues to experiment with new technology and the risk that happens with trying new things. It’s fighting to think how we will live without enough oil. But, if more people realized their dependence on God is so much greater than our need for oil. We must know that, “In the world you will have tribulation, but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world” (John 16:33). In order NOT to live in fear—focus on God not on all that seems to be crumbling around us.
I encourage you to look for ways to encourage others. Many are desperately trying to find a reason, to unwrap a smile. Let’s do all we can to help them find one!
 I have set the LORD always before me.
Because he is at my right hand,
I will not be shaken.
Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
my body also will rest secure,
because you will not abandon me to the grave,
nor will you let your Holy One see decay.
You have made known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence,
with eternal pleasureat your right hand.
(Psalm 16:8-11)
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