I think Jesus had a great sense of humor.  I often think about the passage
where he asked the disciples (concerning John the Baptist) "What did you go
out into the wilderness to see?  A reed shaken by the wind?"  The question
is so absurd that if you think about it, and imagine all the people going
out into the wilderness to see a reed shaken by the wind, you just have to
laugh, or at least smile!  I think that was Jesus' humorous way of saying,
"Come on, guys, you and I both know why you went out and what you found!",
but said in a humorous way, perhaps to keep people from feeling too defensive.

Peggy

At 10:42 PM 6/1/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>A great song by Rich Mullins asks the  Lord in the lyrics if he ever made
>angels in the snow, skip a rock across a quiet creek, scrape his knee and
>etc. While in prayer a few weeks back, the thought came across to me how we
>always see, well, I always saw when the peepers worked, pictures
>representing Jesus with no teeth showing, no smile. A very solemn
>depiction.  I began to wonder, did he smile, did he laugh, was there times
>when he wasn't so burdened with his calling that he showed pleasure and
>happiness in life? I then wondered of this with the disciples as well. I
>ran a search on "laugh" and only came up with "laughter" and all references
>referred to God laughing at the calamity of the wicked and etc. or in some
>negative manner. And if I believe I remember right, all were in the Old
>Testament and none in the New Testament. What ya think?
>
>Do you think or know of a time if our fathers in faith, or Jesus took joy
>and smiled?
>
>Brad
>
>    I started out with nothing and I still have most of it left

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