Move Your BANANAS!!

Our family often uses the self-service check out at the grocery. We always laugh when the electronic voice barks out commands after weighing our produce, especially when she says, "Move your... BANANAS!" There's always a slight pause between the move your and the bananas. We think it's funny, anyway! It's almost like she's proud of herself for figuring out what kind of produce she's just weighed. Sometimes we'll say it randomly to crack each other up.

When was the last time you cracked up? Can you remember the last belly laugh you had? God created laughter and it is part of His nature to enjoy humor. I'm sure that some people take issue with me for having so much fun in worshiping God, but I believe worship should be as fun (if not MORE fun) as anything else we do. There is a time to be serious, of course, but I can always tell when I am "flowing" in the Spirit because my humor is there and people tend to laugh and enjoy themselves.

I've had more people than I can count say after one of my workshops, "If I'd known it was going to be this much fun, I would have invited people!" We religious people tend to take ourselves much too seriously and we often miss the joy of holy laughter. The Bible tells us that "the joy of the Lord is your strength" (Nehemiah 8:10).

Want to have a little more joy and spiritual strength today? Try walking up to someone and saying randomly, "Move your... BANANAS!"