Lenten Writing Prompt #8
Have you ever seen or experienced the laughter of God? What do you think God's laughter would look like? Feel like? Sound like? Is there an example of someone laughing, which reminded you of what God's laughter would sound like?
Overflowing Joy
ReplyDeleteConversation bubbled alive, I AM considered the plan.
Spirit lovingly looked to Creator one more time.
Word Become Flesh just a concept not a man.
“Let us set in motion the greatest rhyme.”
Not a trace of grim accompanied the move.
Joyfully, the threesome yet one, joined being.
“This Companion of Ours will find Our groove.”
“Together life begins, love becomes seeing.”
As molecules unnumbered, chuckles burst restraint.
Designer gently lifting up results to espy,
“Shall the cloud cover lessen, might ease complaint,
Our presence, passion, joy will reason defy.”
Throughout history laughter has betrayed the day.
Gallows humor writ large on the walls.
Bawdy, profane, kindly, quick witted have their say,
Back-street alleys, custodians’ rooms, palace halls.
Built into the fabric of creations’ complex quilt,
Threads of humor pull together life’s great tome.
Sin’s ‘tempt to fracture just empty fisted guilt.
Spirit touches each created one, summoning home.
No list here to make, not a serial gathering of laughs.
A smile in the heart resonates onto the face.
Quiet souls attend the joyful mirth down life’s paths.
Faith asks a boon of the follower, note joys’ trace.
Back to the Control Room par excellence.
A fine, raucous time seems to be going on.
Combination rock concert, hoedown, street dance,
All of God’s Self getting life focused each dawn.
Listen up! There it goes again. That infectious chuckle.
Don’t miss the joke. Find the punch line fine.
Life is too important to take seriously, so unbuckle.
Pass on hope, light your light, explore humor’s mine.
The Rev. Ronald Allen Melver, M.Div.
21.2.13
"The joy of the Lord is my strength." Nehemiah
ReplyDeleteGod's laughter is the wind beneath the wings of a soaring eagle. It catches the up-drafts and carries us above the sadness of war and violence, and gives us fresh perspective to see the possibility of peace and kindness.
Joel Lohafer
I Am Waiting to Hear God
ReplyDeleteAdam and Eve listened to God
....in the garden
Abraham negotiated with an angry God
....over the destruction of Sodom
Moses talked with God
....in the burning bush
Elijah heard God
....in the still small voice
David listened to God
....in melodies
Mary heard God
....through an angel and gave birth to the Christ child
Joseph took directions from God
....in a dream
I am waiting to hear God
....in a slow, building,
....deep rumbling,
....full on,
....belly laugh!
Maybe it’s just me
....but I think I will know who it is
....when I hear it.
I can’t wait!
really fantastic. I can't wait, either :)
DeleteYa think!!!
ReplyDeletewhat a delight.
ronaldo
We don't hear it as much as we experience God's laughter in a myriad of senses. God's laughter is evident every time there's a downpour when the weather forecaster predicts a sunny day, when hippopotamas open their great cavernous mouths, when doctors scratch their heads in disbelief after a miracle occurs in an impossible situation, when toddlers discover the messy delights of immersing themselves in mud, when bumble bees fly even though it's aerodynamically not possible for them to do so, when biologists declare that jelly fish don't have brains yet are unable to explain how the translucent lovelies perform complex feeding and swimming manuevers. The list goes on and on. God's laughter continually swirls around us and those delicious moments when we recognize it are treasured indeed!
ReplyDeleteDo you know the sound of God’s laughter? God delights in all of creation. Most of all, rejoices in the joy of God’s people.
ReplyDeleteDid you ever see the hands of a three-year-old playing with Cheerios in the spilled milk on the table? Hear his giggle as the soggy round O is chased by his fingertip?
Did you ever taste the fizzy bubbles in bath-water as your tub fills, and your bubbly chuckles of pleasure rise up?
Did your toes ever touch the squishy mud oozing up between your barefoot toes in spring, and you chortled gleefully?
Did you ever hear the sound of geese flying north, honking in unison, sounding like children at play?
Did you ever smell warm spicy cookies as they come from the oven, grinning with anticipation as your taste buds salivate?
That is the laughter of God, reflected in God’s creation.