LIFE CAN BE HARD...RIGHT!?!?

Life can be hard is a statement with which I have never had anyone disagree. We all know that some days are better than others ...and some days, it just doesn't pay to get out of bed. But for most of us, we teeter between the good days, the bad days and the ones we'd like to forget.

Sometimes, all that is needed to make a ho-hum, kinda day just a wee bit better is a little levity. In fact, the writer of Ecclesiastes tells us there is a time to weep and a time to laugh; so today, I hope to pass on a few funny stories that may make this a time to LOL.

So may God bless and keep you smiling no matter what kind of day it is...it is the day that He has made, so rejoice and be glad you're still in it!

Ever heard the story that goes....A Sunday school teacher asked, "Johnny, do you think Noah did a lot of fishing when he was on the Ark ?""No," replied Johnny. "How could he... he only had the two worms."

Or the one that goes....A Sunday School teacher decided to have her young class memorize one of the most quoted passages in the Bible - Psalm 23. She gave the youngsters a month to learn the chapter. Little Tommy was excited about the task, but the more he practiced and tried to memorize the passage, the harder it seem to be and he struggled to barely get past the first line.

On the day that the kids were scheduled to recite Psalm 23 in front of the congregation, Tommy was so nervous. When it was his turn, he stepped up to the microphone and said proudly,

"The Lord is my Shepherd, and that's all I need to know."

And let's not overlook the story of a little boy named Johnny. 

Johnny and his family were having Sunday dinner at his Grandmother's house. Everyone was seated around the table as the food was being served. When Johnny received his plate, he started eating right away. His mother quickly interrupted his eating when she said, "Johnny! Please wait until we say our prayer." To which Johnny replied, "I don't need to!" 

"Of course, you do" his mother insisted. "We always say a prayer before eating at our house."

"That's at our house."Johnny explained." This is Grandma's house and she knows how to cook."

Laughter is indeed a gift from God that allows us to breathe deeply and let the troubles that might beset us slip away as we chuckle, smile or even guffaw. It is in these times that life or its circumstances remind us that as bad as things might seem, laughter makes us feel better, lifts our spirits and ushers us into a deeper appreciation for our friendships with our brothers and sisters in Christ. After all, we know the outcome: no one leaves this earth alive; but those that know Jesus as their Savior, we leave for a better, happy, heavenly place where the tears are wiped away and sorrow and sin and death are no more....just thinking about that should put a big grin on your face...it does so on mine!!!!

Remember this today...you belong to the family of God...you are a child of the King....and one day not too far from now, HE IS COMING BACK TO CLAIM US AS HIS OWN....

OH, HAPPY DAY!!!!!

Looking toward the Eastern Sky....Longing for the Sweet By and By,

WPQ