God as Laugher. If you have any comments - adebelak@redeemerluth.com [mailto:adebelak@redeemerluth.com]God as laughter is like a open door that freely lets us move back and forth without
having to figure out what is the right way to go in and out. God as laugher is able
to nurture in us a spirit of foolishness that will not be contained or shut down
by any type of structure we put in place to make God something other than who God
is. I suppose that means religious people too often forbid or restrict laugher.
We are too busy building the structures that demand so kind of holiness that may
not be holiness at all. Laugher is holy. Laugher in the middle of 'holy' places
is like baptismal water that hits us in the face and reminds us how ordinary we
all are and that we are not to let all the trappings and structures rule us. God
as laughter interrupts us even when we are demanding that the world be serious -
because we are such serious people. Laugher has an element of being uncontrollable
- quite like grace. It spills over us and whips around us and cuts through each
and every facade we try to put in place. God as laugher invites us to wrestle with
everything we fear and everything we want to control. We are invited - at that point
- to let go and live anew.
O God of love and new life, help us to let go and roll down the hill and flip over
and be caught up in that which we cannot control. Let your Reign come down upon
us. Amen.
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