Many make the assumption that humor is not biblical, and is somehow wrong. Well let me tell you a little something about humor. Humor, if it is worth it to us typically turns into laughter, and let me tell you a little something about laughter.
Laughter is indeed a beauty. It appears without introduction and it is able to fill a dark room with sunshine. Laughing often releases tension. It is something you share with friends, family members, and acquaintances. It represents the joy of the heart and is often found to be contagious. True wholesome laughter is performed when there is something wholesome worth laughing about.
Laughter is often misused. Meaning it is not always used for what God originally intended. It is often used to rip apart the happiness of others and is all too often inappropriate and derogatory. Do you know why? It is because those that misuse it have no true joy in their hearts at all. Therefore they use it wrongly because they do not have the ability to enjoy it how God designed. As Christians we do have the ability to laugh the way that God intends us to. In a way that hurts no one and is in every way appropriate. We have been given true joy from the Lord and that joy causes us to laugh. By laughing how God intends we are able to show this saddened world the source of our true happiness. Happiness that is unable to deteriorate over time, regardless of the circumstances. That happiness comes from Jesus Christ, our unchanging Rock! So knowing that my dear friends, what reason have we to misuse it inappropriately or hurtfully? None at all! So let us repent of that sin, and do it no more. Knowing that our God is watching and listening, let us bring Him full glory.
Amen!!
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