Day 146: Misconceptions (Part 4)- Have A Laugh

Ecclesiastes 3:4

“a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;”

Proverbs 17:22

A merry heart does good like medicine.

Someone, I’m not sure who, said that laughter is the best medicine and I must agree. There’s nothing quite like a good laugh. Laughter releases stress, improves your mood, boosts immunity and can even relieve pain. We laughed before we spoke. It is proven that laughter burns calories, laughing for 10-15 minutes burn 40 calories. Imagine what an hour of laughter can do for your summer body.😂🙈 Also, it has been proven that couples who laugh together stay together, so find you someone who can make you laugh, laugh with you and pray; you’re destined for eternity! 😜😜Laughter can even cause pain at times, when you laugh so hard you get a cramp in your side or you can’t breathe. I know we’ve all  been there, but those are the best laughs. There’s no laugh like the ones where we can laugh at ourselves.

This week we have been talking about more lighthearted subjects and finding the good moments in our lives and capitalizing on those moments rather than the moments of sorrow in our lives. Laughter is one of those things. Sometimes the best moments are the ones where you just sit around with family and/or friends and just laugh. There is nothing like a good gut wrenching laugh. As the scripture states above, there is a time to laugh. There is always something to smile about especially when you’re around the people you love.

For me that is my family and friends, I come from a family of unemployed comedians, what I mean by that is we are all comedians, but none of us make a living from it. We make each other laugh and we laugh at one another. We all have our own struggles and we go through rough times but when we are all together just talking and laughing, for a moment all the stress and pain goes away. All the frustrations, everything, it goes away. We can even laugh away our pain at times. So much can be healed with laughter, and it’s something that we don’t realize often. If you’re ever full of tension just find something to laugh about and see how you feel after.  

I believe that laughter is a gift from God, and a beautiful gift at that. I truly believe that God has given us laughter for this specific reason. Sometimes we have to forget about all the stress in our lives and the tension and everything going on in our lives and just laugh about it. Sometimes things aren’t even worth our energy we just have to laugh about it. We can laugh at ourselves when we mess up. Sometimes it’s all we can do, all we can do is have a laugh.

God has given us an abundance of joy and I truly believe that we can find more moments of joy in our lives than sorrow. We just have to realize that their will always be room in our hearts for laughter.  We must have people around us that build us spiritually but also know how to laugh with us and enjoy life with us. Whenever I’m having a rough day or even getting angry my friends find a way to make me laugh, they find a way to make me smile even when I’m crying. There is healing in laughter.

Response/Prayer Time

Take the time to respond to what we talked about today. Whatever you feel led to pray about today take the time to pray. Today is pretty short and straightforward so just take the time to spend with God and have a laugh.

Day 143: Misconceptions (Part 1)

James 1:22

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

Being doers of the word is about living what is says, rather than just hearing and ignoring. We know this, we know that we are to live our lives according to the bible and imitate the life of Christ. Sometimes we get so caught up in staying away from sin that we forget to really live. Being a Christian and doer of the word is not about walking on eggshells as not to sin. It is about following Christ, and living like He lived. The center of our Christian being is not based on trying not to sin. It is based on the love of God, we love God so much and we are committed to Him. With that being said, we will begin to lead a sinless lifestyle almost without trying. There are things that we will have to work a bit harder to stay away from. With that being said...

There are many misconceptions about Christians and the lifestyle we lead. This week. that is exactly what we are going to talk about. As Christians we are called to lead a certain lifestyle, a life that is sinless, fully committed and dedicated to christ. People tend to think that the lifestyle we lead is boring, that we do not have freedom, and that we are possessed or enslaved to some “higher power or being”. What if I told you it was the exact opposite? What if I told you that serving Christ has freedom written all over it. We live our lives sinless and dedicated to Him because we love Him. We are not forced to live for Christ, we choose to serve Him because we know the benefit of it. He has done so much for us, He gave His life for us, the least we can do is live for Him. I would not say we are indebted to Him because we can never pay Him back for what He has done, but what we can do is wake up every day and choose to live for Him. This is not living in bondage or according to a set of rules, it is a lifestyle we choose to lead. We are freer now than we ever were. I think Christians enjoy life more because we know the value of living. We know how to live because Christ has taught us. Many will say that the lifestyle we lead is not truly living but I beg to differ if we are not living for the very person who gave us life in the first place, are we living at all?

Reflection

1. What are some of the misconceptions of Christianity you have heard?
2. What is your definition of living?
3. Are you truly living?

Prayer Time

Allow your answers to the above questions guide your prayer today. Talk to God about what it means to truly lead a Christian lifestyle.

I love you, I hope you have an amazing day or evening. Be sure to share this with someone and come back tomorrow for part 2 of the ‘misconceptions’ series.