The Gospel as Comedy

"Laughing is better than crying and maybe not even all that different." Have you ever laughed so hard, that you cried? Maybe, it is because the two emotions are closer than you think. In the reading tonight, the book said that it is inevitable that we will shed tears over the things that trouble us and cause us pain. They are a part of what it means to be human. So, why is it that we often times try to cover up these feelings of pain, and put on a mask so that everyone thinks we are happy, when we are really just hurting inside? This is a question that I find hard to answer myself.

Something that really struck my mind while reading was this, "...though for man it is impossible, for God all things are possible...". I had someone tell me one time, that this statement was untrue. That it was impossible for God to put two mountains right next to each other, without a valley to separate them. Well, here is what I say, even though our minds can't conceive it, that doesn't make it impossible. We are only humans, it isn't our place to say what God can and cannot do. Just because our small minds can't imagine that to be possible, it doesn't make it impossible.

Also in the book, it mentions the parable of the talents, I am constantly reminded that that is the precise reason I am majoring in animation. I have an artistic talent, that God has blessed me with, and not to use it, would be just as good as throwing it away. So, instead I will take a chance and use my talent to the best of my ability. I don't know where it's going to take me, but I'm willing to risk it, rather than keep it safe, because ultimately it is up to God what will happen in my life anyway.