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Funny In Faith
Faith can be pretty comical at times. I like to look at faith as a comic strip or a birthday party as a young child. As comic strips go, I’m talking about the ones you don’t really understand and the ones that leave you with dumbfounded look afterwards. This image helps me find the funny in faith because God always keeps me guessing with certain situations and God keeps us guessing in what he is going to do or where he is going to place us. It is also so beautiful when we have the faith that whichever God is up to, it is going to be something or someplace abundantly joyful and great for us. The tough part is definitely the good attitude filled wait in the meantime for our Lord’s master plan. Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you, “says the LORD. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
Now this goes hand in hand with the birthday party scene. Now remember when you were a kid and your parents asked you what you wanted for your birthday; instantly that ONE big thing comes to mind, along with a few other small gifts that we would enjoy. So present time arrives and on the table is a colorful stack full of gifts. You cannot WAIT to rip through and find the Ultra Mega Ten Thousand Speed Nerf Gun you’ve been watching on that commercial every day. You start eagerly ripping through the gifts and each gift closer to the end of the pile you become more anxious. You become more disappointed that you still haven’t opened the one thing you had asked for. As you open each gift and find it isn’t the big one, you get a little more disappointed with each one. You start to become worried your parents didn’t understand clearly or listen to what you had asked for. A wave of sadness starts to come over you when you open the last gift and it just isn’t what you had asked for. All of the gifts you received are very nice, but it would have been so awesome to have the Super Megan Tron Ten Thousand speed Nerf Gun.
So the party comes to an end and you say goodbye to all your friends and you’re alone with your parents. To your surprise your parents have one last gift for you to open and excitement rolls over as you open this last gift. YES! It’s the Super Mega Tron Ten Thousand speed Nerf Gun! You are so happy your parents are cool enough to do this for you. Not only is it the gift you had asked for, but it’s even better. It’s in the coolest color, most recently released model and your parents even provided extra accessories to go with it!
Now looking back you feel a bit of regret for not enjoying the party more, your friends more, or other the gifts you have received just a little more. This kind of situation applies to everyday adult life as well, wouldn’t you agree? God wants for us to slow down and enjoy the little things given to us. He wants us to enjoy the small gifts and blessings given to us along the journey towards a bigger blessing. God is cool enough to give us that Mega Nerf Gun. It all comes down to our faith that he will all in His good timing and we must have complete trust in Him that our heart’s desires will come to us in His way. We tend to become more disappointed with each circumstance, or trial we are facing and start to question what God is up to. We question if He hears our cries, prayers, requests and wants. Yes, He hears us all the time but He knows about what we want more than we do. He understands everything we think, feel, say and understands us when we feel we don’t understand ourselves. Have faith and trust in God that when our plans do not turn out exactly as we had hoped, God is up to something so much better for us. He is up to something filled with more joy and surprising with a little extra. Be patient and enduring. James 1:2,3 Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow.
