SMILE!!!

today's devo...heheh very inspiring!

"...we also rejoice in our sufferings..." -Romans 5:3

A True King
You couldn't catch Jeremy without a smile. Whether he was singing karaoke at home, working with the little kids in the children's wing of church, or camping with his family, Jeremy had a smile for everyone.
Even when he had to go to the hospital, he smiled.
For Jeremy, going to the hospital was no big deal. He spent more time there than most kids spend in school. You see, Jeremy had cystic fibrosis. He had been sick for as long as he could remember. He had to have daily treatments to help him breathe. And when things got bad, off to the hospital he would go for more critical care.
But Jeremy didn't look at every day as a pain. He looked at every day as a gift. So he smiled, and he brought joy to others. When he was in the hospital as a teenager, he would make paper stars for each new patient who would come in, and he would hang them in the hallway. Jeremy was such a joy, hospital workers would shift room assignments to make sure they had a chance to work with him.
When Jeremy was 22 years old, his body finally gave out on him. He spent his last night on earth with his family as they sat around his bed and together sang some of Jeremy's favorite Christian songs. As long as he could, Jeremy smiled—and then he left his family behind to join up with Jesus and get ready for his perfect new body. At his funeral, his parents ended their mini-biography of Jeremy with these words: "Sing with the angels now, Jeremy. What you taught us about love, courage, and life will be with us always."
Uncomplaining, smiling, singing, reaching out to others. Throughout a life of pain and suffering, Jeremy King rejoiced. Not because of his suffering, but during it and in spite of it. He lived Romans 5:3, and he showed the rest of us a better way to handle life's tough moments. His faith in Jesus was so real that it came out on his face and in his smile, no matter how crummy his body felt.
We can learn a lot from a King named Jeremy. —Dave Branon

bottom line: Jesus shines brightest in people who trust Him.