{"id":13298,"date":"2020-10-10T05:23:42","date_gmt":"2020-10-10T10:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=13298"},"modified":"2020-10-10T05:23:50","modified_gmt":"2020-10-10T10:23:50","slug":"lets-be-merry-makers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=13298","title":{"rendered":"Let’s Be Merry-Makers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Isn\u2019t it day-and-life altering when we\u2019re in the company of those who just brighten up the room with their optimism and sense-of-humor? I was in that company Wednesday night with these powerful, joy-filled women. Many were missing from our group, but these \u201cmerry hearts\u201d sure made mine merry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It had been a while since we were together \u2013 way back when the pandemic started. I honestly thought I might need to be an encourager and raise their spirits, but not so. These women are Spirit-filled with joy, laughter, and optimism. Do they have any challenges in their lives? Well, who doesn\u2019t? But this little band of women only spoke of the blessings of God in their lives \u2013 with a little girl-time segue to hilarious stories of Botox gone wrong \u2013 LOL! We laughed, cried, prayed, and celebrated our victories and our time together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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St. Paul said in I Corinthians 12:27 — “You are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.” I think, some folks are called to be the “funny bones”! That was Blanche \u2013 the diva in the red and black and high heels in this photo. One of the gals was praising God for divine intervention for helping her get her dream job and dream salary AND getting to give her resignation to her egotistical male supervisor who often demeaned her. Blanche interjected \u201cDid you tell him to take this job and shove it?\u201d LOL! Blanche gave us \u201cmerry\u201d medicine. Proverbs 17:22 says \u201cA merry heart does good like a medicine\u201d!
If you are the \u2018funny bone\u2019 and \u201cmerry-maker\u201d, please keep it up! We need you \u2013 especially in these days and times. Celebrate your optimism, your wit and humor and know you are a vital part of the family of God. And, if that isn\u2019t you, and your bent is more contemplative and serious-minded — celebrate the lighthearted, funny bones and merry makers in your life. They need you and you need them.
And if you need some healing today? Ask God for some \u201cmerry\u201d medicine. Ask Him for some \u201cfunny bones” to show up in your life. And, maybe step out of your comfort zone and become a merry-maker and give merry medicine to others. Be that one that brightens the day in your home and in your friendships. The healing we are searching for just might come from the merry-makers in our life. I know that\u2019s what happened to me with these precious women of God who just can\u2019t help but exude the joy of the Lord in their lives.
So, did you hear the one about what the duck said to the comedian? \u201cYou quack me up!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Isn\u2019t it day-and-life altering when we\u2019re in the company of those who just brighten up the room with their optimism and sense-of-humor? I was in that company Wednesday night with these powerful, joy-filled women. Many were missing from our group, but these \u201cmerry hearts\u201d sure made mine merry. It had been a while since we…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18835,18834,18832,14599,18833],"tags":[18828,3610,1210,3833,1769,2719,1721,18829,40,41,1077,8960,3478,18830,18831,18826,2084,18827],"class_list":["post-13298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-comedian","category-funny-bones","category-humor","category-laughter","category-merry-maker","tag-1-corinthians-1227","tag-band-of-women","tag-blog","tag-body-of-christ","tag-christian","tag-divine-intervention","tag-encourager","tag-funny-bones","tag-inspiration","tag-joy","tag-laughter","tag-medicine","tag-merry","tag-merry-heart-does-good","tag-merry-medicine","tag-merry-maker","tag-optimism","tag-sense-of-humor-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13298"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13304,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13298\/revisions\/13304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}