A Sense of Humour

How often have you heard in the church that Heavenly Father has a sense of humour?

I feel like I hear it all the time.

In regards to the crazy journeys our lives take us on.
In regards to what happens.

In regards to those moments when life flips a 180 and then we are going a completely different direction than we thought we were going. 

It seems that Heavenly Father's sense of humour is in hearing our plans for our lives and then changing them, because we are like cute little toddlers who are making these grandiose plans and He comes in and fixes and tweaks and turns it into what is best for us. 

From my understanding, I view having a sense of humour as a divine trait.

Not the kind of humour that mocks or degrades.
Or the kind of humour that makes light of what is sacred.

And not the kind that seeks to harm or hurt.

But the kind of humour where one can laugh and play with children and friends, all while knowing that Satan and his angels fight against you day and night, mobs chase and persecute you, and that your divine call may end with your martyrdom. 

The kind of humour that allows pioneers with rags tied around their feet, and the graves of their kin miles behind them, to press on day by day and find joy in the journey to Zion.

The kind of humour that gets thousands of young men and young women through the hardest time of their life as they endeavour to serve God with all their heart, might, mind and strength while bringing others unto Christ.

I feel that having a sense of humour is something we all should strive for. 

By facing the moments where everything goes wrong with a laugh and a "well it could be worse", is a trait that will bless you throughout your life. 

I have had so many moments in my life where I could have cried and argued and moaned with despair because things weren't working out my way.

And trust me I have chosen to do that on more occasions than I care to admit.

But I have also had many moments where I chose to smile, and just roll with the punches. 

Where I chose to laugh when everything goes wrong. 

Example:

I think I have mentioned this before, but I have had like 5 eye surgeries and they all were in my senior year of high school. It is kind of gross, but they would put a tube into my tear duct to help it drain and the success of this surgery depended on the tube staying in.
Also, this has like a 90 % success rate.

Now I want you to contrast 90% success rate with 5 surgeries....

Obviously, something was going wrong there. 

So after like my third surgery, I came home from the hospital with this tube in my eye, hoping and praying that this surgery would work. 

Eventually, the tube came out. 

And when it did I laughed. 

And laughed and laughed and laughed. 

It just popped right out of my eye.

And I said jokingly to my mom, "Oh that Dr. Ashenhurst likes me so much, he just wants me to keep coming back I guess."

And life went on. 

I didn't always have a good attitude about tubes coming out of my eye, but it was so much more fun when I did. 

And my life right now. 

How laughable is this?

All my high school friends are coming home from missions, and I, the most determined of them all to serve hasn't gone yet.

I have sent countless friends out to serve missions. 

But Heavenly Father is in control and I know that.

So when I am faced with those choices, in the moments where I could either scream and cry or just laugh, I try to choose laughter. 

Heavenly Father wants us to have joy and be happy. 

What moments in your life have you chosen to develop the gift of having a sense of humour?