Making yourself better!

Ecclesiastes 7:3 "Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better". When I read this scripture my heart jumped. When you first read it you think to yourself "Isn't laughter better than sadness?". I love a good laugh all the time and those of you who know me you know that. But I discovered something I've been doing and some of you have as well I'm sure. In my life I like to focus on the better things. I read this scripture and became convicted because I rarely focus on this part of my life. If we don't focus on the bad (Sinful) things in our life then how can we improve? We need to face our problems and make them better. If we continue to go around not dealing with the problems in our life, our hearts and minds will not get better. We need to get serious about our sorrow/sins. Once we get serious than we will improve ourselves in every aspect. Sorrow brings us closer to God. When we focus on only the happy things in our life we don't look for correction and help from God. I challenge you to make yourself better by looking at the sorrow in order to let God transform you into something pleasing to him.