I try to be a person of ready laughter, happy to delight in the joys of others. I do admittedly get frustrated with some of the inexplicable things people do. My son has this amazing ability to see a different perspective on situations, which helps me then to laugh at my own folly in often having the wrong perspective on a situation. When this word prompt of laugh came up it brought to mind all the times I imagine God smiling at me, or at his people. Smiling isn’t the same as laughing, so I wondered about God’s laughter. Here it goes!
God’s Laughter
I wondered about God’s laughter
as his smile I oft have felt
but considering his laughter
I felt a bit left in the dark.
Does God laugh?
I rather assume he did,
after all, created me
in his image, through Adam
the Bible says.
AND I LAUGH!
My sisters laugh,
my hubby laughs,
and even the lad
a time or two.
Everyone I know
has shared a giggle or two.
But then again,
Humans lie,
and that’s something
God never does, so
perhaps that assumption
is simply that.
What then does scripture say?
It says often in the Psalms
how God laughs at nations and
at people who make their own plans
thinking that God pays no heed.
Yet Jesus tells us
that one day
those of us who weep
will one day laugh.
Such a great promise and comfort!
In fact, in Job we
read how God promises to
again fill our mouths with laughter.
Job went through so much, and God
promised him laughter.
So I learn that God laughs,
mocking the scoffers, and yet
he promises us laughter,
a laughter that comes after
hard times, after mourning,
and so laughter does indeed
come from the Lord.
It’s a goodly thing eh?
And more than an
assumption I find.
So then.
Let us laugh.
Perhaps not at the mockers
and scoffers of the world
lest we cause difficulties in
people seeing the Lord.
But let us laugh after
hardship and mourning
seeing the goodness and
mercy of the one who
gave us this laughter in
the first place.
God Speaks
Psalm 59:7-8
There they are, bellowing with their mouths
with swords in their lips—
for “Who,” they think, “will hear us?”
8 But you, O Lord, laugh at them;
you hold all the nations in derision.
Luke 6:20-21
20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said:
“Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
21 “Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied.
“Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.
Job 8: 20-21
“Behold, God will not reject a blameless man,
nor take the hand of evildoers.
21 He will yet fill your mouth with laughter,
and your lips with shouting.
I wish I could be a person of ready laughter, I would like to loosen up more, so this week’s prompt has been so helpful. Thank you for your insights and poem, so encouraging God Bless Leisa
oh, you are most welcome, and I’m delighted this week’s prompt has been helpful to you.
Hmm – interesting idea but I see a sense of humor in God’s words and in His world. So laughter doesn’t seem that far fetched. I like the scriptures you chose to further consider.
I don’t think God’s laughter is far-fetched either, but I had to kinda follow were my thoughts were going. 🙂