Sometimes You Need A Good, Solid Laugh

There is a time for everything,and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance. -- Ecclesiastes 3:1 & 4 (NIV)

It seems like it's awfully easy to allow life to sour our moods and to turn us into really serious people. The things in life that require our thought and attention can build up so quickly that we don't see a way to ever get out from under it all...and that makes it really hard to be the joyful beings we were created to be.

I think sometimes all we really need is a couple of hours in good company with a bunch of laughter to make a lot of that go away. We spent last evening among friends and while we definitely shared our stresses with one another, we also laughed so hard we cried. All of that junk that has managed to clutter up all of our lives lately just ran away and hid and there was pure joy in the room for a good, long while.

The Bible tells us there is a time for everything, and certainly those every day concerns will come back tomorrow needing to be dealt with but we know that laughter we so desperately need is a simple phone call or short drive away. Part of remembering God as the controlling force in our lives is to remember that He has put a number of people around us to help us remember to smile and laugh every day.

The world can really stink...and it seems it does it's best to drag us into the mire. But God says that we were created in His image. He says that we are joyful beings at our core...and our core is where God is to be found, underneath all of that other stuff we allow to be piled upon us. Make a point of sharing a good laugh with those you care about today, and let your cares go by the way-side...even if only for a few moments.