The world laughs itself to hell! Jokes, cartoons, comedians, sitcoms, parties, drunkenness, and mood-altering chemicals are the rage! Laughter is used to cover inward emptiness and deceive others that all is well. But the loneliness after such frivolity is crushing. Life is not amusing. Dying is a terrible prospect. Hell is not funny. A party or drunken folly cannot eliminate the painful reality of dysfunctional living, unfulfilled expectations, the certainty of death, and the possibility of eternal damnation. Men cannot do enough to forget their pain and trouble. When the laughter ends, the heart feels even heavier grief. What laughter has sorrow underneath? What mirth ends in heaviness? This cannot be the laughter and mirth of the righteous, for their happiness flows from a heart that is filled with contentment, hope, joy, and peace. The proverb must be dealing with the laughter of the wicked, who are described in the preceding and following proverbs (Pr 14:12,14).
Posted on: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 20:52:42 +0000
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