OK, we all know there is "one in every crowd"; that certain someone who can see humor in almost anything and as soon as they do- you hear about it. But, what if a sensible, "down to Earth", serious person says or does something funny? To my way of thinking, whatever they say or do is many times funnier than the "joker" in the crowd. Take Jesus, for example- the following passage shows his sense of humor...
Matthew, Chapter 7
1 “Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged. 2 For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you. 3 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but don’t consider the beam that is in your own eye? 4 Or how will you tell your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye;’ and behold, the beam is in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother’s eye.
Can't you just imagine the scene: someone is trying to find fault with another, while at the same time THEY HAVE AN EXTREMELY OBVIOUS FAULT THAT EVERYONE CAN EASILY SEE!!! How ironic!!! When Jesus says "don't judge", he means hypocritical judgement; else why would he say .."First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother’s eye." Now, I am NOT saying that Jesus was a clown, just that his sense of humor was a focused one- something that was meant to bring one closer to God. Frankly, the more I learn about Jesus, the more I find there IS TO LEARN!!! I can't wait to meet him and find out what sort of jokes he thinks are funny- I mean, besides the joke in Matthew 7!!!