Weenie

I had the pleasure of being in the passenger seat while Julie was driving the minivan to church with Faith and Joshua riding in the back last night.
For some reason I remembered this most lame joke from 5th grade and I thought I would try it out on the kids.
After getting everyone's attention I said, "What did Tarzan say when he saw the elephants coming?"
Joshua shouted out, "Weenie!"
I was speechless as the rest of the car broke out laughing.
I tried to be the "adult" in the car and responded with a serious, "Weenie? What are you talking about?"
Julie couldn't resist the moment at hand and since I had opened the door she decided to walk on through. She punched me in the arm and said, "Weenie... like... You are a Weenie!"
Faith and Joshua's laughter was uncontrollable as was Julie's and within a nanosecond so was mine.

My iWitness...

Do you ever wonder if the disciples along with Jesus during their three year run of hanging out together had moments like that?

All thirteen of them  are gathered around the campfire and Jesus is talking to them about serving and being faithful to the call and then all of a sudden Phillip rips one (passes gas) sending the disciples into hysterics and more potty jokes for about ten minutes while Jesus is sitting there laughing and thinking, "What have I gotten myself into here...?" (By the way... for the uninformed... when you get a group of men together... any group of men together... for any length of time... the aforementioned scenario will... and I repeat... "WILL" take place and uproarious laughter will ensue. It's the way God made us!)

Even Jesus had a sense of humor as found in Matthew 7 - “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. ⁸ For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. ⁹ Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? ¹⁰ Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent?"

Verses 9 and 10 is classic 1st century humor... "ask for bread and you give him a stone?" This is major "LOL, ROFL!" The disciples are slapping the dirt at this point begging Jesus to stop and get back to the serious stuff.

Those spontaneous moments of humor and laughter are worth treasuring.
May the seriousness of your day...be broken up with a back slapping humorous situation...
May the seriousness of your day...be interrupted with the contagious, hysterical laughter of someone nearby...
May the seriousness of your day...be suspended by that moment that hangs in the air for that one nanosecond before you bust a gut laughing...

Who knows... maybe you will get the party started by punching someone in the arm and saying, "You are a Weenie!"

And that's my iWitness...
Laugh often and Fear not!
David!

ps - For those of you who skipped 5th grade humor, let me have the joy of completing the joke..

David - "What did Tarzan say when he saw the elephants coming?"
You - "I don't know... what did Tarzan say when he saw the elephants coming?"
David - The elephants are coming!"
The joke continues...
David - "What did the elephants say when they saw Tarzan coming?"
You - "Tarzan is coming!"
David - "Elephants can't talk!!" LOL!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!

Aren't you glad the Joshua stopped the madness before I could even tell the joke in its entirety!!