Good Morning! Whoo, a cool one last night, hope you weren’t out in it. I see the political process is under full swing, even out in our end of the state. However, it probably has been for some time, since I don’t get out a whole lot.
I suspect the reason we tend to think Christianity is a have no fun kind of place would be due to the seduction of the worldly delights that we used to partake in. It seemed fun to get drunk, laugh, and be foolish. One sure way to tell the difference between the joy of Christ and the foolishness of drunken revelry is to sit in a room sober with a bunch of drunken folks. It isn’t so pretty from that point of view; you wonder what a person ever saw in such a thing. All other types of sin that seemed fun before, take on a different hue in the light of Christ. A killjoy? No, we simply are changed to a different point of view and we find the joy that Christ gives in unexpected places. Perhaps a gift to a children’s ministry hurts you financially and would make a businessperson wince, but you get a great joy from that gift. You might find yourself taking delight in what the world calls “clean” humor. Most of all you may find joy in reading the Bible that you never saw before, thinking it a chore for do-gooders in your past life. One thing I have found is the season of Christmas and not from any expectation of “lots of loot” as Calvin might say, but just from the joy in me and surrounding me during this time. I am sure that you can quote me many more examples of the joy in Christ that the world does not know about. Feel free to share them with us.
Seize the joy of knowing Jesus better each day!
Bucky
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