05/02/2016
FOLASOPHICAL with Pastor Fola
WHY ARE YOU NOT LAUGHING?
I love to see and hear people laugh; and I love to hang around those who will make me laugh. A life of laughter and humor is in my nature; I let humors flow like a rushing mighty wind every time I have the opportunity. That’s who I am; and it’s helped me get through many bumpy travels in life.
When you laugh often, it doesn’t mean you are not a serious person or personality; it only means that you have decided not to allow cares of this world to weigh you down. Laughter is toxic to fear and poisonous to horizons of troubles. Laughter comes from a cheerful heart, and a cheerful heart, the bible says is good medicine (Proverbs 17:22).
Life is full of stress and strain. This is not a baggage of pain that you want to carry in your spirit daily. Unanswered prayers, inability to get what we want; betraying friends and family members, emotional aches and pains that won’t let up, and sudden death of a loved one are a few reasons why some men don’t laugh. But refusal to laugh does not resolve knots of life. And refusal to laugh is a reason for many afflictions. Even in dire straits, my friend, carve out a reason to laugh. Put more laughter in your life, and the following tips may work:
Figure out what makes you laugh and do it more often. It may be watching a funny movie or a comedy on CD.
Surround yourself with funny people -- be with them every chance you get. I have two close friends; and they are pastors in the US who make me laugh even as we daily run through unscheduled Bible Studies together. As we laugh, God speaks through His word. Revelations of God’s word come so crisply when I laugh with my friends.
Develop your own sense of humor. Be funny every chance you get -- as long as it's not at someone else's expense!
Keep away from men and women who believe they have no reasons to smile or laugh. Many of them believe wearing a frown all the time is the best way to be deemed a great achiever or a man of authority. Run as fast as you can; I do it often when I bump into them. If your pastor won’t laugh or make you do same; he will one day make you cry. Run from him! Men who laugh are mostly authentic; frowning men are snakes and fakes!
Is everything in life a laughing matter? No! But everything in life, good or bad, is not what we have control over. It’s better to laugh than languish in pestering pain. Laughter is an amazing gift from God which helps a man live longer and cope with life’s many besieging troubles.
SMACKDOWN!!!