Somebody once said if you want to hear God laugh, tell him your plans. That is a lesson in humility, not his ego.
The laughter of the almighty, and guns
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Somebody once said if you want to hear God laugh, tell him your plans. That is a lesson in humility, not his ego.
He's not laughing with you. He's laughing at you. :zakath:
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision [Ps. 2:4].
"What kind of laughter is this? Let me say at the outset that it is not the laughter of humor. He is not being funny.
Do not misunderstand me—there is humor in the Bible. The devil has really hit a home run by making people think that going to church is quite an ordeal. We are living in a day when folk think you can’t have fun in church. I think the Bible is full of humor. Those of you who study with us through the Bible know we find a lot of it. There used to be a dear maiden lady at a church I served who never found any humor in the Bible. When I gave a message which cited some humorous incident, she used to come down, shake a bony finger under my nose and say, “Dr. McGee, you are being irreverent to find humor in the Bible.” I said to her, “Don’t you wish you could?” She’s gone now to be with the Lord, and I certainly hope she’s had a good laugh since she has been there because she has gone to the place where she can have a good time. She needs to have a good time—she never had one down here. There are too many Christians like that today. My friend, it is going to be thrilling to be with Him some day. We’re going to have a wonderful time with Him. It’s going to be fun, and I’m looking forward to that. God has a sense of humor, and there is humor in His Word.
“He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh …” Since this is not the laughter of humor, what is it? Well, look at it from God’s viewpoint—little man down there parading up and down, shaking his midget fist in Heaven’s face and saying, “Come on out and fight me! I’m against you.” God looks down at the puny little creature. It’s utterly preposterous. It is so ridiculous! He looks down and laughs. “He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.” It is so utterly ridiculous, my friend. Little men putting themselves in opposition to God won’t be around very long. Mussolini did a lot of talking, and we haven’t heard from him lately. Stalin did the same thing, and he is gone. Little man plays his brief role here on the stage of life, then his part is over. How ridiculous and preposterous for him to oppose God!" McGee, J. V. (1991). Thru the Bible commentary: Poetry (Psalms 1-41) (electronic ed., Vol. 17, pp. 28–29). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
I open carried my gun to my trainers place. We pulled it out a fired it, reloaded, fired and repeated several more times. Other risers were in the arena with us. Does that count?