A Sense of Humor

I am SO thankful that God has given my kids a sense of humor.
This is the front of the shirt I am wearing today.

Gabriel turns to me today and says very matter of factly, "Daddy, you were walking at the zoo and a gorilla was walking at the zoo and he ran into you."

Then he said, "and a baby gorilla ran into your sleeve."

I said, "really?"

"NO!" he said using an inflection that meant, "duh you idiot."
Then we both laughed REALLY hard.

Some people just have it. Some people don't. Some people act like the only way you can be taken seriously as a leader in God's Kingdom is actually...well...be serious. As if we really have all this control in what happens all the time. Sometimes these same people fail to see that there is humor and fun built into God's creation. Including each and ever person he created. Including, even their boring own self. There are people that I've never even heard really laugh. Sure they will smile at a joke and sort of chortle out of politeness, but I've never seen them throw their head back and really laugh. What kind of Kingdom are we helping God build here? If you can't take the world as being utterly hilarious, you probably aren't contributing very much to helping rebuild "Eden" here on earth.  I refuse to believe that humor is a result of the fall.  I just don't think that is biblical.  Dude.  The Bible is hilarious.  Kids getting eaten by bears for calling an old dude baldy, a guy playing James Bond and killing a fat guy while he did number 2, Sampson killing an army using the jawbone of an ass, for that matter, a talking ass, etc...

The best moments as a parent are when you are sitting next to your child laughing. I imagine God is silly with us. I imagine God wants to laugh with us. If it is possible to see a glimpse of who God is by studying the world and the people he has created, He is undoubtedly one helluva funny guy. I don't need to be serious all the time. I would argue that you can be 100% honest and hard working and still only really be serious a very small percentage of the time. What about you? What is your favorite funny Bible event?