This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. We will gather for our Wednesday Evening program at 6 PM with special food. We will be joining for Lenten Study at 6:30 PM and the choir will meet to rehearse at 7:30 PM.
It is written in Psalm 30, "weeping may tarry for the night but joy comes in the morning". In the Gospel according to John, Jesus was invited to a wedding reception in Cana of Galilee. There developed a crisis in the wedding celebration so Jesus took charge. He came as the guest, but became the Host, and in doing so He saved the day.
Jesus injected a sense of laughter and humor into the party. I can just see Jesus and the disciples as they left the marriage feast at Cana: " The disciples had never seen anything like that in their lives. Jesus could have very simply changed water into wine, but His method was humorous.
Elton Trueblood, in his book "The Humor of Christ."expounds on the humor of our Lord.
John 2:11: "This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory, and his disciples believed in him." In the midst of the laughter, the fun, the jokes, and the party people believed in the Lord. People got converted! In the midst of the laughter the name of Jesus Christ was glorified. We don't always think about that. We often fail to capture the humor of Jesus. He is the one who turns our mourning into dancing. Jesus is glorified in wedding receptions.
We think He gets glorified in a prayer meeting or a worship service. Jesus our Lord, who is the author of laughter, is glorified in our moments of pure joy and pure laughter. The name of Christ is glorified when we laugh. By the grace of the Lord people can be changed and converted when our joy catches fire in their lives. Empty piety will kill a church faster than apostasy.
Rubens, the seventeenth century artist, once said that with a single stroke of his brush he could change a weeping child into a laughing child. Jesus does that, too, with the brush stroke of forgiveness. He brings joy with the brush stroke of freedom, the brush stroke of love, the brush stroke of power, the brush stroke of eternal life, the brush stroke of acceptance. One brush stroke and He changes the frown and tears into laughter.
Psalm 30:5 "For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning."
11 "Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness."
12 "To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever."
In Christ,
Brown
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