FUN ZONE

Fun can be a good thing. When it is done in a healthy and positive way. That is when there is no guilt attached.

Not that everyone will ever agree on the subject. You can be sure some will never think anything fun is a good option.

Which is fine as long as they don't bury others with it. That happens too much. People who truly have no passion deciding to find a way to tell you God says having a good time is a sin.

That is a big key buzz word. Doesn't mean it is a sin. But it sounds so much better to say it that way than to say they just don't like to enjoy life.

There is a need for boundaries though. To let God help us fly, but without ending up sailing intentionally into a storm.

That is the difficulty and challenge. We need to have the balance that says we are able to serve God and still have a good time.

Some will think God never smiles. That enjoying yourself is a bad thing no matter what it is.

Such people probably will never find a way to savor the things out of life that God will freely give us. They will never be happy thinking you do either.

To that degree such actions can kill the spirit. One can lose the very joy of salvation from the lack of passion.

It can devastate and ruin one's capacity to truly look forward to trusting God. It can sever the very essence of what makes life seem worthwhile.

This can't truly bless if we start out not wanting to be blessed. If we don't God help us to smile in ways that adorn then it takes the strength out of our ability to trust him.

Not that all of life needs to be so blessed. There are times of tears and times of struggle, but there are also meant to be good times too.

Only we can't control them. We have to trust to the Lord to allow him in his timing to bless us as he feels is right.

Some will find this easier to accept than others. But those who don't embrace it at all will be the ones who will have saddest times.

One can go to heaven frowning. One go to heaven with tears. But blessed is the person who also comes with a smile when it is possible.