What puts the BIGGEST SMILE on your face?

[ChasingADream]

Let's talk about what makes us happy for a change!


List one thing or list several!


Here's a few for me...

-smiling children
-my animals
-being around the clergy and congregation at my parish because they're the greatest!
-waking up in the morning to see the sun is shining!
-The sound of the first lawnmower in the spring & the smell of fresh cut grass!
-thinking about how much Jesus so perfectly loves each of us!

 

[stormgade4]

Seeing one of my stocks go up.

 

[ChasingADream]

Seeing one of my stocks go up.

Haha...sounds like something icklepac13 would say too!

 

[JPPT1974]

Nice and kind people
People that treat you right
Children
Jesus!

 

[Macrina]

ooh, so many things... here are a few in no particular order...

~ a cat's purr
~ a new pair of socks
~ Monty Python's Flying Circus
~ Psalm 139:9-10
~ having somebody really enjoy a meal I cooked
~ Disneyland with my sister
~ a new Bible
~ a "new" classic mystery
~ taking myself to the movies
~ the smell of cedar
~ the smell of lavendar
~ playing silly party games with friends
~ bookstores
~ having someone else laugh at one of my stooopid jokes
~ decorating a Christmas tree while listening to Bing Crosby
~ the sound of rain on my roof at night
~ dancing with friends
~ exploring a new city
~ being on a boat with friends or family

Okay, that's more than a few. But there are a lot of things that make me happy.

 

[ChasingADream]

Wow...your list was so great that just reading it made me smile! Honest!


Here are some more for me...

Thunderstorms
Fireplaces
Hugs
Worshipping
Springtime
Cleaning
Pregnant women (I think it's beautiful)
Washing my car
When it's kinda cloudy outside and there's a big ray of sunshine poking through the clouds.
Rainbows
The people I work with
Driving completely out of the way just so that I can pass by my church
Keeping Up Appearances (A Brittish Comedy)
CF friends

 

[awashinlove]

• Others' laughter
• Missing teeth in a child because you know they're so darn proud about it
• Getting that smile out of an upset little boy or girl
• Silliness
• My goofy dog who has eternal happiness
• A parrot trying to say a word or phrase they can't actually articulate
• Generosity when the giver sincerely expects nothing in return and genuinely takes joy from their deeds (and you can see it in their eyes)
• Coming across a Bible verse that offers comfort so appropriate in timing
• Little reminders that God's listening and working in our lives
• When someone is so joyfully into the worship music/hymns they sing far louder than anyone else

 

[Macrina]

~ "being there" for someone and knowing it really makes a difference
~ a baby's slobbery smile
~ knowing that something you said helped someone in their walk with God
~ organizing recipes I've downloaded from the internet
~ cool-looking blank journals
~ prowling around the farthest reaches of a huge university library
~ having a dog follow me around wagging
~ getting to see a long-distance friend in person again
~ Watching old comedies with my dad
~ dark chocolate
~ giving my mother a present

 

[Tenorvoice]

What give me a Big Smile??

The love that is given unto me by the young ones from Church. Their innocence, and honest love.

To see the youth from Church have the desire to come to Church and Worship of their on free will.

To see or hear of someone coming to Christ.

Good ole sillyness (without this I would not be able to function).

puppies (bloodhounds )

Seeing a young child get excited over something.

seeing the flowers that I planted start to grow and bloom

A real southern lady with a good ole thick southern draw (this makes my liver quiver).

Veggietales!!!! haha

The Saterday morning shows on AFR (American Family Radio)

Have I said that Kids bring a smile to my face yet??

there are many many more....

 

[Irascible]

-being around the clergy and congregation

There are a few leaders at my church who are just amazing. The love of the Lord just saturates them. I could be in the most rotten mood and they'll put a hand out, wrap an arm around and I can't help but to get a silly smile on my face. If they can do that, imagine what Jesus must have been like. It's amazing.

 

[renaistre]

My three youngest cousins.

 

[Willtor]

- Babies (smiling, crying, spitting up, anything. I love babies)
- Hugs (corny, though it may be, I love hugs)
- Talking to my Mom about theology
- Watching football with my Dad
- Eating Indian/Pakistani food
- Eating happy noodles (peanutbutter noodles; I call them happy noodles because they make me happy, and all my friends know what I'm talking about)
- Understanding a difficult concept
- Reading C.S. Lewis, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, or G.K. Chesterton

These are a few of my favorite things.

 

[ChasingADream]

Sailing.



... oh, come on. You didn't actually think I meant the guy did you? Sheesh!

 

[sherri]

actually thats exactly what we were thinking (heck it's what I thought )


um,ok

puppies and kittens (and nice animals in general)
chocolate
nice people
chocolate
fish (I like watching them)
travel (or planning it)
music
chocolate
art shops
God in people
parcels in the post
chocolate in the post
the sea
wide open spaces where you can see the sky from one end of the horizon to the other
the Holy Spirit
chocolate
the smell of woodsmoke
camping
chocolate
the australian bush (outback)
and did I mention chocolate?

 

[covenantwmn]

I agree with some here, being with my church family is the best!

 

[Macrina]

~ a child giving me something they drew or made
~ talking about colleges with my nephew
~ discovering a really good international restaurant
~ remembering the birds that nested in my barbecue last year and how ugly-cute the little babies were
~ riding a cable car in San Francisco
~ looking across the Charles River in Boston
~ stretching after a workout (trouble is, you have to start the workout to feel this one! )
~ teaching the junior-high kids at my church, having fun with them and in the midst of it seeing them make real growth in discipleship

 

[Warrior for Christ]

The day they caught Saddam.

 

[ChasingADream]

Yesterday's service at church!!!

 

[JeremiahJ]

Sailors.

 

[Macrina]

a friend's two-and-a-half year old who spent Easter afternoon glued to my side, playing catch (more like having Mac fetch though, lol) and asking me to draw pictures for her! The sweetest little person!