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Sara said, “I didn’t laugh.”
[Jesus] said, “Yes, you laughed.”
When I look at paintings of Jesus, when I watch movies depicting him, many times I see a solemn, dissociated, and melancholy man who doesn’t seem to be engaged in this life.
My experience with Jesus is the exact opposite.
He is intimately engaged in my life.
He makes jokes to me and makes me laugh.
(I know, you think I’m mentally ill).
When I lead prayer in groups I sometimes make jokes to Him, to give others the sense that Jesus is a humble, informal, brother of ours.
One time an unsaved spouse of someone in our Bible study was giving our group a test run.
They said years later, that they were unsure if they would come back until, when I was praying to Jesus, I made a joke to Jesus (to show this person the informal, approachable character of Jesus).
He said that hearing me joke to Jesus convinced him to stay in the Bible study.
Of course I do not disrespect Jesus.
John, in Revelation, fell on the ground frozen in fear of the holiness of Jesus.
When Jesus confronted me with my sinfulness and I rebelled against the truth, against Him, I saw his robes of light from the thighs down, felt His anger burn, and I was frozen in terror as well.
But just like Jesus invented reverance, He invented laughter as well.
Babies don’t need lessons in learning to laugh, giggle and smile.
We are hard-wired to have fun.
But of course laughter and fun are not an end in themselves.
Solomon tested laughter and found that laughter as an end in itself is meaningless.
The Bible doesn’t mention Jesus’ laughter.
So how do I know that the paintings and movies didn’t get the “melancholy Jesus” right?
Dr. Charles F. Stanley observed that the little children wanted to be with Jesus.
And Jesus wanted to be with the little children.
Dr. Stanley said that children are repelled by the solemn, dissociated, and melancholy.
They are attracted to laughter, fun and joy.
The real Jesus was/is a real person.
And he really laughed and he really had fun.
Just like God the Father (Remember we were made in His image).
If you didn’t know that Jesus invented fun and laughter, if you want to experience this part of his joy, just ask him.
He would love to love you in this way.
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