Fun

So this evening brings me to a point of "hmm, what to blog about". I will sit down, begin to write, and see what the Lord leads me to.

Life is all about bringing praise and honor to our creator. In all we do that should be our focus. Do we do that every day? Absolutely not...sometimes I search my heart so deep for anything that the Lord wants to clean out. Sometimes I am just way too hard on myself. Sometimes I just need to have fun with him.

I was chatting with my daughter who is overseas. We were writing back and forth on the internet about what they are doing and about us. Then the words popped back to me "when was the last time you guys did something for fun?" Still fingers on my end for a moment. I told Tim and he just said "being with you is fun." :) Cute answer but not what Denise meant for sure. Tim said "I went grocery shopping with mom yesterday" to which Angela quickly responded "mom hates grocery shopping." We were called out on this one. You see, life can bring so much our way, decisions, decisions, decisions...but in the midst of it all we should have some fun too. I was thinking of a friend of mine who recently said that she and her husband just laughed going to Trader Joe's together. Fun does come in all sort of different ways.

In my quest to find fun in the bible I did a Biblegateway search. One verse popped up and made me snicker. Note that this was the Day of Pentecost.
Acts 2:14 "Some, however, made fun of them and said, "They have had too much wine."

Ok, so not the fun I was thinking of but fun non the less to read. I was just thinking that when we are so filled with the Spirit of Christ that I'll bet that some people do make fun of us. I guess it's the joy of the Lord that fills us. The day of Pentecost had to have been a blast.

Psalm 28:7 "The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song."

You know the feeling when you are in love? When your heart skips a beat and gets butterflies! Imagine your heart leaping for joy in the LORD! Lord, fill our hearts with your joy and make music in our hearts. Touch my heart with your presence and fill me up with a joy that makes me dance and sing for you.

To close today I dedicate the following song to Denise and Emily. It made me laugh. I hope you do too. (FYI: These two daughters of mine memorized this when they were younger)