Funny,
Some have said that the test of a "man" is what it takes to make him really angry.
In other words, how mature and loving is our internal anger management.
Of course that leads to asking whether a "man" is able to laugh at himself as easily as he can laugh at funny stories about other people.
When I was in the military it was common for the older guys to test the recruits by ganging up on them verbally in the barrack to see how much they could take without reacting in anger. If they reacted well the teasing was short lived and true camaraderie was soon established.
Of course I know that women/girls don't participate is such childish conduct, but I think that women can understand why the boys do it.
I am finding that as I age I am empathizing more easily with the situations that others get themselves into. When I see on TV a person falling on the ice or watching their own car slide down hill sideways, I find my self taking concern for them as much as I used to laugh at their plight.
Our God is deadly serious about some types of personal conduct in His children, but God also has an active sense of humor. Everything in balance and for the better eventual result.
Consider The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
egg-laying, duck-billed, beaver-tailed, otter-footed mammal baffled European naturalists when they first encountered it, with some considering it an elaborate hoax. It is one of the few venomous mammals, having a poison spur on its foot.
Often called one of God's humorous responses to the Darwinian Evolutionist.
I'm sure that we can come up with many more examples of God's creative variations and sense of humor, even perhaps among humans.
Indiana Bob
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