Wouldn't you agree that the image most people have of church is like that classic painting, American Gothic, with the sober, straight-faced farmer with a pitchfork and his wife. Many view church as a smile-free zone. How different this idea is from the image of Jesus in the New Testament who was so joyful that children wanted to be near him. I love the words of Jesus as he reminds us that he came "that our joy may be full." As someone once wrote, "Life is too short for long-faced religion."
Let me encourage you to just say no to the humorless church. Let the joy of the Lord be your strength!
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