Laugh!

Sarah said, “God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.” (Genesis 21:6 NIV)

I've been reading about laughter this morning.  Laughing has so many benefits for us... physically, emotionally, and spiritually.  It lowers your blood pressure and releases endorphins.

God intends for us to be happy and healthy.  When that doesn't happen it is in some way the work of Satan, or the brokeness of this world or however you want to view the opposite of God and his Kingdom.  Satan is a big vacuum that longs to suck everything good out of our lives.  The believer has tools to fight.  Among them, faith, prayer, scripture.... and laughter.

Many medical doctors and psychologists say that we should have a good belly laugh each and every day.  I think our pastors should recommend it too! There is even a yoga practice called laughter yoga where you take about 10 minutes each day to breathe in and breathe out and then just laugh.  Experts (I'd love to be a laugh expert!)  say it doesn't even have to be sincere laughter... just start laughing and you will get all the good stuff it offers.  Of course it is much more fun to laugh because we find something funny!

Here is your laugh perscription for the day:  http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=RP4abiHdQpc
If that doesn't make you laugh out loud, the devil's already got your heart.

Father,
Thank you for the gift of laughter.  Help us to learn to laugh at ourselves more than anything else.
Amen.

Joys:  Time with Emma yesterday; a great day to go pick strawberries with Cecelia today; laughter