Folks, as Christians in 2010 we need to get over ourselves!
Jesus was criticized by His enemies for attending happy events with sinners. He believed it was okay to celebrate at weddings and to enjoy the hospitality of His friends. There will be those who will criticize you for enjoying life as a follower of Christ but I believe, there will be more who will find your joy contagious. When’s last time someone looked at how you respond to life and said, “What amazing things the Lord must be doing their life?” I know it need to happen more often in my life.
Laughter and joy are such a great witness to those who have yet to make a decision for Christ. Being critical and grumpy aren’t qualities that make people want to do anything except critical and grumpy as well. Study after study shows people won’t come back to a church where everybody was unfriendly and long-faced. Who can blame them? It’s okay to laugh, God created it! Laughing is good for us. And It’s even okay to laughin church! Here is one to get you started!
A man placed some flowers on the grave of his dearly departed mother and started back toward his car when his attention was diverted to another man kneeling at a grave. The man seemed to be grieving with profound intensity and kept repeating, "Why did you have to die? Why did you have to die?" The first man approached him and said, "Sir, I don’t wish to interfere with your private grief, but this demonstration of pain is more than I’ve ever seen before. For whom do you mourn so deeply? A child? A parent?" The mourner took a moment to collect himself, then replied, "My wife’s first husband."
Laughter and joy are such a great witness to those who have yet to make a decision for Christ. Being critical and grumpy aren’t qualities that make people want to do anything except critical and grumpy as well. Study after study shows people won’t come back to a church where everybody was unfriendly and long-faced. Who can blame them? It’s okay to laugh, God created it! Laughing is good for us. And It’s even okay to laughin church! Here is one to get you started!
A man placed some flowers on the grave of his dearly departed mother and started back toward his car when his attention was diverted to another man kneeling at a grave. The man seemed to be grieving with profound intensity and kept repeating, "Why did you have to die? Why did you have to die?" The first man approached him and said, "Sir, I don’t wish to interfere with your private grief, but this demonstration of pain is more than I’ve ever seen before. For whom do you mourn so deeply? A child? A parent?" The mourner took a moment to collect himself, then replied, "My wife’s first husband."
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