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CRACKING GOD UP

Based on absurdities and amusements I have perceived with my own eyes, as well as the stories of others, I feel quite certain that God must have a delicious sense of humor.

CREATIVE CREATURES

Have you been to the aquarium lately? Recently, I chaperoned a school field trip to the fish house. Just peeking through the glass walls at those bubbling faces reduced me almost to tears in laughter.

Can you just imagine God, on the fifth day of Creation? Just consider the account in Genesis 1. Having already made light and darkness (day one), the waters (day two), dry ground (day three), and the sun and moon and stars (day four), perhaps He wanted a little entertainment.

"Gee, I think I'll make some fish, just for kicks," He might have said. And He did, but not just clownfish, He added catfish, hammerheads, daggertooths, barreleyes, flounders and innumerable other scaly wonders!

I mean, holy mackerel! What's a numbfish, anyway?

Next, God probably looked around, outside the water, and decided to fill up the sky with fun. On a lark, He spoke the word, and birds appeared: pintails, puffins, grosbeaks, lapwings, shrikes and other bird-brained creatures.

"Now, that's a tern for the better," He may have chuckled to Himself.

And what about that albatross, the cuckoo and the loon? Sure, His eye may be on the sparrow, but don't you think sometimes He may just gaze at the flamingo for a little comic relief?

ANIMATED ANIMALS

Continuing in Genesis 1, on the sixth day, God created animals and man. Then the real fun began!

From monkeys to mongooses, and from hippos to hyenas, the animal kingdom is absolutely entertaining. But that's nothing compared to the shenanigans of the human race. Right from the start, the "He said" and "She said" debate was underway, like a sitcom without the canned laugh tracks. As the author of creation, God knows the end from the beginning. How He must laugh!

MAKING FUNNY PLANS?

Filmmaker Woody Allen has been credited with this line: "If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans." Although one may not tag him a theologian, Allen was perhaps paraphrasing Proverbs 16:9: "In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps."

How the Lord must laugh, as He watches us make our own plans, knowing that it is He who holds the future!

ANYTHING I CAN DO TO HELP?

Based on my own foibles, as well as those of others I know and love, I am quite certain that God often has cause to laugh. Personally, I think I must crack Him up daily, without

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