Job 8:21 “He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouting.”

Don’t you just love a good belly laugh?  Some of the funniest videos online are of babies laughing.  I still remember an old one of quadruplets all lying on the bed laughing.  When one started, they all started.  It was impossible to watch that and not smile.

I truly believe the Lord gives us laughter, not just for ourselves, but for others.  He knows if we are joyful and full of laughter we can bring a smile on the face of others.  Bildad, the Shuhite, (who by the way was the shortest man in the Bible.  Shoe height, get it?  Made you smile, didn’t I?) said these words to Job.  Not much of what he said was any good, but these words are certainly true.

TEACHING MOMENT

It’s not hard to teach our children to laugh.  It comes naturally.  But before long the childhood laughter ends due to the influence of the world.  They begin to worry about stuff and get their feelings hurt.  We have to be diligent to keep laughter ringing throughout our homes.  They need to be reminded that laughter is good when it is pure.

What does that mean?  I mean they need to know that we don’t laugh AT people. We laugh WITH people.  We join in with them during those happy times and just bust our gut with laughter.

When is the last time you laughed until you cried?  Don’t remember?  That’s sad.  You need to call up some old friends or go out to eat with some buddies and laugh.  We need that.  God knows that.  Enjoy those laughing times.  It is good for your soul!  Does the Word call it medicine?