never the butt to a joke

no ridicule, no sarcasm

no snarky comeback

calling them up short

never the butt to a joke

funny, truly, if the joke

is uplifting

showing love

grace for our neighbor

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October 2, 2014

never the butt to a joke

September 29, 2014 to October 5, 2014

“+love to laugh”

Devozine for September and October 2014

&

Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NIV)

Ecclesiastes 3:4 (NIV)

devotion “A Time to Laugh”

devotion by Sierra Klotz

and “Reflect”

by Elizabeth Mann

devotion for September 30, 2014

read September 30, 2014

&

John 15:11 (NIV)

devotion “Joy in the Lord”

http://devozine.upperroom.org/spiritual-practices/joy-lord/

by Leah Bryan

and

“Laugh with the Lord”

and

“Jesus Laughing” at www.devozine.org

http://www.miat.org.au/jesus-laughing-exhibtion.php

devotion for September 29, 2014

read September 29, 2014

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