Dear Sad One,

I am so glad that you are a follower of Christ. I am a little confused with your question though. Saying I am a Christian but I have nothing to smile or be joyful about do not go together. As a Christian, my smile and joy are not coming because of what is going on around me. Danger has and always will be all around us because we live in a fallen world. But when someone gives his or her life to the Lord Jesus Christ, they are now in the Kingdom of God and not in the Kingdom of this world or satan! Right there is the reason we smile and have joy!

A very well-known Scripture is John 3:16- 17: For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved . You say you believe, so you are saved! The word saved is Sozo and it means “ safe , deliver or protect , heal, preserve, do well, be (make) whole”. That alone should put a smile on your face and joy in your heart. And coming out your mouth – “ Jesus loves me this I know!”