Day 150 Laugh with Immanuel

The implications of the name 'Immanuel' are comforting and unsettling at the same time....

Comforting, because He has come to share the danger as well as the drudgery of our everyday lives. He desires to weep with us and to wipe away our tears.

And what seems most bizarre, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, longs to share in and to be the source of  our deep laughter and joy!

"All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 'The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel' - which means, 'God with us.'" Matthew 1:22-23

"Surely you have granted him eternal blessings and made him glad with the joy of your presence." Psalm 21:6

We turn to God quickly in times of sorrow and struggle, in danger and fear, and then have a tendency to forget Him in the times of joy and rejoicing. 

If God is the giver of joy and He is "God with us," then He must want to share in those moments of great joy--and in our times of silly laughter and fun....Invite him in!