God Brings Laughter is a part of a quote I read in Janet McHenry’s book Looking Up, and I’m pondering it with you today.
For Lent 2025, I’ll be writing new blog posts every day. I’m writing for just five unedited minutes on a quote of the day to deepen our faith in this Lenten season.
Day 26 of Lent 2025 – March 30
I was honored to be the book launch manager for Looking Up, a book written by my friend Janet McHenry. Because it’s her birthday today, I chose to feature it on my blog post today. It’s an encouraging 365-day devotional I am also proud to endorse. Here’s my endorsement:
As a melancholy person by nature, I need devotionals that help me focus on joy. This book is the perfect solution. Janet McHenry has written bite-sized devotions that don’t deny the hard facts of life. Yet she points you toward joy through engaging personal stories, meaningful prayers, and affirming declarations to help you look up into your Heavenly Father’s face every day of the year.
Today’s quote focuses on the gift of laughter that God provides. Because I am a serious person, I must seek humor outside of myself. In my healing journey these past three years, I’ve tried to be intentional in seeking times of laughter to lift my spirits. The most common way I’ve done this is watching sitcoms from the 1990s with my daughter. I also find humor when playing with my dogs. Humor has been a gift that has even pushed tears of grief to the surface when I was laughing. I could feel the grief welling up because it needed to get out.
After listening to my story of trauma for the first time, one of my coworkers suggested laughter as a solution. He is an enneagram 7, a personality type who seeks fun. He had heard that some Native American tribes intentionally use jokes at the end of emotional healing rituals to balance out the seriousness. I thought about all this deeply. If even unbelievers know the value of laughter for healing, certainly I can use the gift of laughter God gives me for my healing.
I’m grateful for Janet’s devotional that encourages me to look up every day and even laugh with the Lord when I find opportunities to do so. Here are more encouraging quotes from Janet’s devotional:
- We are not victims of circumstances but vessels of God’s grace.
- Abundance comes through the filter of God’s fingers.
- Being thankful is the easiest offering we can give.
- Praising God for his faithful character is the best way to start a day.
- We can pray in all seasons that God will make our lives meaningful.
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