Laughter

Job 8:21

 ²¹ God will yet fill your mouth with laughter 
       and your lips with shouts of joy.

Laughter is wonderful medicine.  Tonight, my husband and I watched a bit of the TV show "Community."  I've only seen a bit a time or two before, and wasn't that impressed.  But tonight, there was much laughter.

Maybe it was because laughter was needed that it came so easily.  Life is a bit complicated right now.  There is a lot of stuff to get thru.  Sometimes, I think I'll sit down and have a nice little breakdown once I get thru it all.  But...laughter is good and needful medicine right now.

It's good to know that Job, who was enduring much suffering, heard these words spoken to him - the promise that God would fill his mouth with laughter and his lips with shouts of joy.  This is a promise I need!  When everyone gets too serious (as I'm seeing at work lately), when life hands us challenge after challenge, it is good to hear that if we can just "hang in there," God will replace our bitterness and tears with laughter.  Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow...but maybe the next day.

Today, I am thankful, for moments of silly laughter.