December 1, 2012
When’s the last time you laughed simply because you were
experiencing incredible joy? The book of Job mentions having a mouth full of
laughter, and lips that shout joy.
I’m not one to laugh easily, especially at dumb movies. It has to be sarcastic, witty humor to evoke
a laugh out of me. I think when I laugh
the hardest are times when I’m tired and something very insignificant (at least to others)
floats through my mind and I become uncontrollable with laughter. My kids call me “punchy” when I’m in that
mood. It’s more of a release, a healing
type of belly laugh that my body needs and receives, when I just let it loose.
As for our lips shouting joy, I don’t see that too much
except in an occasional church service where people get excited for a few minutes.
Mostly I see and observe shouts when people are angry, or perhaps at a game
when a team is winning…or losing…shouts of joy…or frustration. Shouting is not usually associated with joy, but it should be.
However you fill your days, whatever you speak this holiday
season, I hope and pray that you are able to laugh (even at calamity) out loud,
and that as you end your day – perhaps tired and worn out – somehow a shout of
JOY will emerge (or perhaps surprisingly escape?) from your lips.
You just might wake up with a skip in your step the next
day…
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