God's sense of humor

This is an OLD post from MySpace...It's from 2006. I was re-reading some old ones and this was such a great example of how God deals with people in such personal ways. It's why He is such a good Father! I respond well to humor. And He knows this...So this was how he dealt with me on pride:


May 1, 2006

Last week I was slighted by the Bible study leader at Shiloh. She made a really insensitive comment to me when I shared something that was kind of personal. One morning after that I was laying in bed thinking of skipping the next Bible study. In my mind I started composing an e-mail to the leader explaining why I wouldn't be there. I daydreamed about how I would dish out some biting sarcasm. In the middle of relishing in those verbal one-two jabs, I suddenly had an image of myself...I shrunk down into this little cartoon character, punching away at the air. A huge hand came down and with thumb and forefinger plucked my up by the hood of my sweatshirt. There I was dangling from these huge fingers and saying in this little voice "C'mon! Put 'em up! lemme at her! lemme at her! I'll punch her in the mewf!".

Then God spoke with calm firmness: "Child, I will put you down when you can handle this situation with gentleness and grace. You just go on and get the sarcasm out of your system. When you're through, you may go."

It was one of the most vivid communications I have had with Father so far. I love that He uses humor sometimes to make His point. Needless to say, I never wrote that e-mail and I did go to the next class. :)