It was a tough day. One of those days when nothing seems to go right. Every thing you do, touch ends up having to be done over. People come by or call and complain about this or that, and sometimes about you! At the end of the day, you find yourself worn and realize nothing has been accomplished. It seems like a wasted day and the pounding you take, well...You just want to go home and sit, uninterrupted to get away from all the difficulties encountered. Then the craziest thing happens: we turn on the TV to watch more difficulties! Sometimes I wonder about us (me)! At least we can watch and not have to think about the day.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, you hear it. At first you might find yourself not wanting to deal with it. You listen more closely and your eyes brighten up and then it begins. The laughter is a giggling, bubbling laughter. Something has really turned upside down their world and the laughter seems endless. We get lost in it for a moment. It becomes an infectious kind of laughter. Our child/grandchild comes strolling into the room still silly with laughter. It makes us smile. They jump up on you wanting to play or tickle. If we pause we would see, even with the rough day behind, there is something to laugh about. Your mind forgets everything that has happened and suddenly, like a ray of sunshine through a storm cloud, the day fades into the background. You are caught up in the laughter and fun of a child/grandchild. You're tired but for some reason, you want them around and find their laughter contagious.
There you sit while God has given you a giggling, squawking, stomach-holding laughing child! Maybe the Lord has given them to us just to get our attention to stop focusing on all the gloom of the day and "consider it all joy" instead. We should have fled to God to begin with! The lesson speaks: change your attitude and learn to work through difficulties with a proper mind set toward the Lord. You will realize there is something to laugh about. I just wish we could bottle it!!!
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