When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad consider: God has made one as well as the other. Ecclesiastes 7:14
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:...a time to weep and a time to laugh. Eccl. 3:1-4
There is so much in life around us that is sad. When I was a child, life was so carefree. I ate meals, went to school, came home rode bikes outside and caught fireflies by night in the summer time, barefoot without much knowledge of what was happening in the world around me. For years as a family, our kids did not know what happened 9/11, until just two years ago when they talked about it in school. I wanted my kids to be carefree, not knowing about murders and famines and all the injustices of the world. I wanted them to enjoy a life of innocence.
It is very difficult for me to make my family laugh. I have always been such a serious person. One of my favorite shows growing up was the Three Stooges. I know, I have a warped sense of humor, people tripping and falling. The other night we were watching old clips of Will Ferrell on Saturday Night Live and Abby I were laughing so hard I had tears running down my face. It isn't often that I laugh that hard.
I believe one of the reasons that Dylan was born into our family was to help us lighten up. He thrives on being a clown; at school, at church, at the dinner table. He is full of exaggerated stories, faces and has always tried to enterain everyone since he was a toddler. He lives for the thrill of making someone laugh. It is a gift I believe, not everyone has that ability to make someone else laugh. Our challenge is to teach the principle of "there is a time for everything", all of his teachers don't always see that it is a gift for someone to be able to entertain and make others laugh!
So many Christians walk around looking like they have just eaten a large lemon. If you read the New Testament, most of Jesus' words are telling a story to get his point across. I picture Him laid back with a smile on His face most of the time. He must have been so intriguing that people walked for miles to follow what He had to say going from place to place to be with Him. He must have been so entertaining that He was a people magnet drawing crowds everywhere he went. Even the children wanted to sit in His lap.
Are you one who enjoys the moment, enjoying life whether you are at work or at play? Are people drawn to you? Do you look like you have eaten a lemon or do people walk away after your time together feeling better about themselves?
So I commend the enjoyment of life, because nothing is better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be glad. Then joy will accompany him in his work all the days of life God has given him under the sun. Eccl. 8:15
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