God Has A Sense of Humor

Did you ever feel like life just got to serious? As those around me know, I tend to have a pretty witty sense of humor when my game is on. That quality at times has put me in a category that I have labelled as "being one of the most misunderstood people on the face of the earth". The interesting thing about this is God gets it. He made me this way.

Over the years, I have been discouraged at times about people getting it. Recently, I have learned it doesn't even matter. I show my witty sense of humor and if people don't laugh, I laugh anyway. I can hear God laughing because the fun comes from the inside out. In a sense, I think this strategy has been my key to reengaging myself with people. I have been testing the psychologist's experiment about happiness being contagious. When I see people, I have begun to smile, speak or interact as the opportunity arises. It has yielded interesting results. I am having so much fun with the scientific method of this experiment, I plan to continue and report my conclusion later.

Over the Christmas holiday, I witnessed many examples of how a sense of humor put laughter and fun into the spirit of the time together. My mother for the first time in many years was responsive and unbelievably interactive as I engaged her in my wit. Before I knew it, the whole family was involved. As my son Cody in his witty way quotes "Why sooooo seriousssss?" As we prayed, we laughed with each other and with God knowing He holds the ultimate sense of humor.

This morning I have tangible findings of my hypothesis. I arranged, framed and hung pictures from Christmas 2008. Unlike other years, there were more genuine smiles than I could count. It was a heartfelt experiment that needs more investigation as to how to incorporate God's sense of humor into the coming year.