The table...and a dad joke...

Although health in our biological families is not always possible, our Scripture passage for Sunday from Galatians 3:25-4:7 offers us hope for health in our spiritual family.

One of our kids has tracked my Dad jokes for the past several years. And if you get to hear them, you are family. As I get older and older (took on another year this week) I work harder at perfecting the art of the dad joke.

In order for it to be good, a Dad Joke must have a little shock value, it should make everyone pause and wonder “Did he really say that” and “What is he talking about” and then like a flash of lightning…IT HITS….and although no one verbalizes “Ah, I get it now” their faces make it clear.

All of this then a few laughs….and of course, the loudest and deepest laugh is from me…and to wrap it up, a perfect dad joke must elicit some form of eye roll.

I think what I love about a good dad joke is that it reminds us we can be ourselves…we can enjoy simple pleasures like conversation, surprises, and laughter…we simply enjoy us.

I wonder if God ever enjoys some form of Dad joke when He sees our behavior….and how seriously we take ourselves and our ego….I wonder if God ever allows circumstances into our lives to help us see the punch line that life is more about vulnerability and acceptance than performance and approval.

I’m looking forward to Sunday when we will study much more about family….faith….and of course God’s grace. We will be at the halfway point of our sermon series studying through Galatians, “Deep Faith in the Gospel of Grace.” Who knows, maybe there will even be a few Dad Jokes 😊.

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Have a great weekend,

Troy