Attitude is Better Than a Pill

The good attitude of a merry heart can be better medicine than a pill.

“A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones” (Proverbs 17:22).

We are what we think. Solomon said of man, “as he thinketh in his heart so is he” (Proverbs 23:7). Attitudes determine actions. It’s true of our physical, emotional, and spiritual life.

Physically, many health problems are the result, either directly or indirectly, of an attitude of anxiety. It has been estimated that as many as two-thirds of all patients who see physicians have symptoms caused or aggravated by mental stress. Headaches, high blood pressure, hay fever and a host of other health problems can be directly linked to emotional stress. The key to good physical health begins with good mental health. “A merry heart doeth good like a medicine.”

Emotionally, the greatest health problem of our day is depression. We all experience days when we feel blue. That attitude is to be expected at times. But, some live in an almost constant state of despair. “They feel bad when they feel good for fear they will feel worse when they feel better.” Indeed, “a broken spirit drieth the bones.”

Spiritually, sin is a cancer eating at the soul. It finds its greatest source of nourishment in an evil heart. Jesus said, “out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh,” and “from the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, and all things which defile a man” (Matthew 12:34; 15:19-20). But, Jesus also offers a cure for man’s spiritual disease (Romans 6:23).

“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life” (Proverbs 4:23). Here is the key to real physical, emotional, and spiritual health. A merry heart still “doeth good like a medicine!” It is better than any pill.

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