the laughter of the Lord

there is healthy humor
and there is
and so
God laughs

in creating wonders and the smaller things
to love

in having host-companionship

in making us and our capacity and willingness
for joy

and we may ask
if nature laughs
leaves
you know
in trees
brook water we have met
that chortles lightly
and
in welcome

the clouds an embodiment
a pleasing blue
the fact of the rainbow
the reaction as a promise
and relief

the animals
then
the eyes of cats
the purr
the longing lines
through shapes of dogs
and when we satisfy

the chuckling in the hiss
the roars
of those sometimes
who
knew the joy in making
and now pleasure
when impulses
are
fulfilled

so much that bends the other way
so much awry
from
primal joy

and yet
to come to us it’s clear
we have capacity
we can get the joke

we smile when it’s good

we celebrate
we laugh

and if do it right or from the first
then God shall and
regardless
laugh
with us
and when isolate
for us

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Terry Lindvall writes effectively about God and humor

photo by Cemrecan Yurtman on Unsplash