I am learning that each day is filled with "Lets just laugh at that" kind of moments. What I mean by that, is there are times when the enemy speaks lies and hurtful things into our lives. We have two choices, we can either except it as truth and allow the lie to gain grown and grow roots or we can disregard it for the lie it truly is. The best way I have found is to laugh at the lie in its face. No, I did not come up with this idea on my own. I learned this exercise from two very wise teachers. This practice may seem rather strange and you may be laughing at me right now, but trust me when have you ever felt worse after a laughing fit? Laughter truly brings joy to the soul.
Today I had someone tell me something that was not well very nice and was not true. It is not all that important what was said, just that the one sided conversation was one that most people would never have to someone's face. In the moment, I felt my anger rising and all I wanted to do was yell back at this person, however by the grace of God I held my tongue and said virtually nothing. Afterwards, I sort of just started at the phone in wonder that that really just happened. Now, I could have justifiably gotten angry but honestly what good was that going to do? So instead...I laughed. And every time I thought about the event I chuckled to myself. So, instead of bring me down, I found joy and life in the situation.
This may not make a whole lot of sense and I am fairly sure it doesn't but I wanted to pass on the spirit of laughter. It truly is a wonder medicine. I am so tired right now that honestly I should be curled up in bed but for some reason, my keyboard was calling to my fingers to type and a longing inside of me to write something beautiful and inspiring filled my soul. Now, the fact that this is what came out, for that I am truly sorry. On the up side, there are only like two of you that actually read my blogs so I will only confuse a small amount :) Or maybe I will make you laugh, which in turn was the true purpose of this whole thing in the first place.
