Prodigal:   HA,HA, HA, SNORT,HA,HA

 

Me:  Prodigal, what is so funny…and just for the record.  I did hear that snort that came out with your laugh.

 

Prodigal:  I was running and I just thought I could side step this obstacle, but I forgot my jump is not that high and I landed right on my hind parts flat on my back in this hole.

 

Me:  So……why are you laughing then…

 

Prodigal:  Sometimes you just have to look around and laugh my friend…

 

Me:  Good advice it reminds me of something I read in Steps to Walking By Faith, Not By Sight Lessons I Learned in the Dark by Jennifer Rothschild.

 

Archbishop Edward McCarthy once said that the ability to laugh at ourselves is a sign of maturity in the faith.

Why is it, then, that many of us find it so hard to laugh at ourselves?  I think there are a couple of reasons.  One is that we tend to take ourselves too seriously.  Another is that we tend to give more weight to others’ opinions of us than we do to what God thinks of us.  Both things rob us of the humility that allows us to laugh when we feel humiliated.

Yep, you made a mistake.  Yep, people saw it.  Yep, God saw it.  Guess what join the rest of us.  God can figure out how to work around it.  Surrender this to Him and maybe just laugh at it all.  It will at least release some tension.

Jeremiah 23:23

Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off?

 

Jennifer Van Allen

 

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