My friend Tommy was playing with his 6-month old daughter as she giggled to his little finger pokes and silly faces. He said, "There's nothing better in life than to hear my child laugh!" It's true. As a parent, there's nothing that zings the heart with gladness quite like hearing your child break out in smiles and laughter. In the gospel of Luke, the angel proclaims to the shepherds, "I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people...today a Savior has been born for you...a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger." Maybe more than anything, Christmas is about joy. Because somewhere in Bethlehem, unbeknownst to most of the world, a baby broke out in laughter. God broke out in laughter. And because of him, we know that there is a Father whose heart is zinged everytime he hears the laughter of one of his children, which of course, is us.
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