7/7/2023 0 Comments Leap and laugh![]() I can point to Scripture worth memorizing. The new universe will ring with laughter. God made us to laugh and to love to laugh. There are stories from family and work, and heart-to-heart talks, and pausing to pray-all surrounded by laughter. If you came to our house on Monday nights, you’d hear cheers and groans for the football teams, but the dominant sound in the room, week after week, is laughter. Right now there are five toddlers in the group, and they keep us laughing. She opens our home to family and friends for Monday night football. What sound do you hear when friends gather to eat and talk? The sound of laughter. The Bible often portrays us around the dinner table in God’s coming kingdom. There’s nothing like the laughter of dear friends. You have to smile when you picture one of these, don’t you? Of course, if God didn’t have a sense of humor, we probably also wouldn’t have aardvarks, baboons, platypuses, and giraffes, just to name a few. If God didn’t have a sense of humor, human beings, as his image-bearers wouldn’t either. God created all good things, including good humor. Where did humor originate? Not with people, angels, or Satan. I think Christ will laugh with us, and his wit and fun-loving nature will be our greatest sources of endless laughter. When laughter is prompted by what’s appropriate, God always takes pleasure in it. In Heaven, I believe our joy will often erupt in laughter. Who said, “If you’re not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don’t want to go there”? (Hint: It wasn’t Mark Twain.) It was Martin Luther. ![]() Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
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