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Dear Phoebe No dear child you may kid around all you like for that is a happy soul that God has given you full of life and laughter like a little Angel of God. You are a child of God full of Joy you have a soul that is free to dance around and kid around enjoy your youth child.....
I know that in families there can be a lot of humor. I have 9 siblings. When I look back on my childhood, there was a lot of horsing around, joking, laughing at ourselves and our sibs. But between me and my youngest sister are 4 brothers/ They teased her relentlessly from the time she was young since there was four years between her and the next older brother. This sing was cruel and very damaging to her. She has been in therapy for years beginning in her late teens, she is now 55 and still in therapy. She has anxiety/depressive disorder, most likely from this trauma. I did not wish to imitate my family life growing up with my family life with my husband and children. As an extended family we have memorable moments we seem to recall often when the kids were young and said or did funny things. But in this scenario, we are not belittling them or making fun of them. We are just remembering the occasions from the viewpoint of adults lovingly reminding our children that they said and did some funny things!
So, I think that is o.k. as long as it not reflecting sarcasm, put downs, ridicule, comparisons among children, unrelenting, in a tone that send the message that the person is devalued in any way. There is a fine line between sin and humor. One should work at saying and doing things that build the other person up, making a person feel like they are treasured and not a butt end of jokes. We should endeavor to speak words to others that will not compromise the perceived veracity of our message of Jesus to them. Anyone fooled by a prank has felt devalued, outcast (by not knowing about the joke like everyone else in the group did), and made to feel stupid for falling for it. This is not Christ-like, in my opinion.
So, check out the Scripture of others replying to your post. The more we fill our selves up with God's truth, the more thoughtful, caring, and benevolent we are to others. We can speak life into others by our love.
Hi, it looks like T. Levis shared some good verses about that.
My answer would be 'it depends'. God knows your heart, intentions, motives. Humor is good and I like to think that God appreciates humor and blessed us with a sense of humor. However, there is a point where making fun is bad when hurting and insulting people, and when done with bad intent. Deceiving is lying and a sin. Much wisdom of the Bible seems to lean towards giving people a break and showing huge grace and forgiveness even when others may not seem to deserve it, because Jesus forgave us when we didn't deserve it.
Along with taking the high road, being conservative and sensitive to others, being loving, giving others the benefit of the doubt, and being gentle and kind. Much horseplay, comedy, pranks, involves doing so at anothers expense. Unless the victim in it asked for it specifically by you and wanted to be roasted, I think doing anything at someone else's expense is usually not very Christianlike, as Christians are to be loving and the light of the world. That is just my opinion without any specific examples to go from. God bless you.
God Bless.
Some struggle with, "being lifted in the spirit of our minds".
I think we should be sensitive to others frame of mind or mood. Sometimes we are to cry with those who've suffered great loss.
You sound like someone with great strength, to me.
I know that in families there can be a lot of humor. I have 9 siblings. When I look back on my childhood, there was a lot of horsing around, joking, laughing at ourselves and our sibs. But between me and my youngest sister are 4 brothers/ They teased her relentlessly from the time she was young since there was four years between her and the next older brother. This sing was cruel and very damaging to her. She has been in therapy for years beginning in her late teens, she is now 55 and still in therapy. She has anxiety/depressive disorder, most likely from this trauma. I did not wish to imitate my family life growing up with my family life with my husband and children. As an extended family we have memorable moments we seem to recall often when the kids were young and said or did funny things. But in this scenario, we are not belittling them or making fun of them. We are just remembering the occasions from the viewpoint of adults lovingly reminding our children that they said and did some funny things!
So, I think that is o.k. as long as it not reflecting sarcasm, put downs, ridicule, comparisons among children, unrelenting, in a tone that send the message that the person is devalued in any way. There is a fine line between sin and humor. One should work at saying and doing things that build the other person up, making a person feel like they are treasured and not a butt end of jokes. We should endeavor to speak words to others that will not compromise the perceived veracity of our message of Jesus to them. Anyone fooled by a prank has felt devalued, outcast (by not knowing about the joke like everyone else in the group did), and made to feel stupid for falling for it. This is not Christ-like, in my opinion.
So, check out the Scripture of others replying to your post. The more we fill our selves up with God's truth, the more thoughtful, caring, and benevolent we are to others. We can speak life into others by our love.
My answer would be 'it depends'. God knows your heart, intentions, motives. Humor is good and I like to think that God appreciates humor and blessed us with a sense of humor. However, there is a point where making fun is bad when hurting and insulting people, and when done with bad intent. Deceiving is lying and a sin. Much wisdom of the Bible seems to lean towards giving people a break and showing huge grace and forgiveness even when others may not seem to deserve it, because Jesus forgave us when we didn't deserve it.
Along with taking the high road, being conservative and sensitive to others, being loving, giving others the benefit of the doubt, and being gentle and kind. Much horseplay, comedy, pranks, involves doing so at anothers expense. Unless the victim in it asked for it specifically by you and wanted to be roasted, I think doing anything at someone else's expense is usually not very Christianlike, as Christians are to be loving and the light of the world. That is just my opinion without any specific examples to go from. God bless you.
Hebrews 4:12, Romans 12:17-21, Psalm 101:7
Proverbs 14:9, Hebrews 11:36, in context Hebrews 11, Isaiah 63:8, James 3:14, Revelation 22:14,15, Revelation 21:27,
Hopefully these are helpful
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