4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Ecclesiastes 3:4
This has been a good week. We honored the loss of our loved one with tears of sorrow, eating a picnic lunch at her cemetery, having a quiet time with plenty of prayer and then seeing the improvements they made to the cemetery with the addition of the white flagpole and old glory flying at the top and the new black wrought iron fence to replace the previously one that was showing signs of rust.
Then a couple of nights ago I got together with 3 very funny friends over a supper at the Olive Garden in Burnsville, Minnesota. I found once again how healing it is to laugh and not take oneself too seriously. Ecclesiastes 4:4 talks about the importance of laughter right after it talks about 'a time to weep'.
It is as though laughter is God's way of reminding us to enjoy life because He is in control. He alone will guide you through whatever grief you might be going through and as he does that things people say will make you smile, then laugh.
One of the guys I got together that night does stand-up comedy which is part of his many talents. Linda and I first met Joe Lovitt when they were part of our Homebuilder's Sunday school class. It was always a joy to talk with Joe because he had the uncanny ability to turn the things that all of us take too seriously and turn it into something that makes us laugh.
As I laughed that evening over supper I was reminded about what heaven will be like. Because there will be no more tears, no more sorrow there will be plenty of laughter. As Christians we have plenty of reasons to laugh. The King of kings and Lord of lords has overcome the world. We know the outcome to this story called life. So pull up a chair and watch this very entertaining humor clip starring Joe Lovitt. We got plenty of life to live to prepare for the celebrating and laughing that will go on in heaven!
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