Have you ever sent a URL bomb? In case you didn’t know, a URL is the address of a particular website—it’s an acronym that stands for “Uniform Resource Locator.” Now, before you get nervous, let me explain. By “URL bomb,” I don’t mean anything destructive or dangerous. What I mean is the action of sending your spouse or a friend a link with hopes that they’ll try to listen to your text on their vehicle’s text-to-voice system. And what comes out is something like: “h-t-t-p-slash-slash-w-w-w-dot-facebook-dot…” You get the picture, right?
On occasion, I’ll try this with my spouse. Bless her heart for putting up with me. As the true professional wife she is, she rarely admits when I’ve gotten her. But the other day, I sent her a funny video from Instagram while she was driving to work. As is our habit, I called her about 20 minutes into her commute so we could go over our day and then pray together once she pulled into the parking lot. After the “amen,” I encouraged her to watch the video and keep it handy for whenever our dog decided to be more puppy than her age should allow.
To which my wife retorted, “Yeah, that video—I listened to your text. ‘http…’” We both got a laugh—myself a little heartier than her—and after a moment of Scripture that morning, without even thinking, I looked up and thanked God for that laugh.
And that’s the truth of it, isn’t it? God has a wonderful sense of humor. We are created in His image, which means He gave us the gift of laughter, the ability to find joy even in the small and silly things. Life is often heavy enough, but joy breaks through like sunlight. The writer of Proverbs put it this way: “A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength” (Proverbs 17:22, NLT). Maybe that’s part of God’s design: that even in the midst of routine or hardship, a shared laugh reminds us that He is near, that He is good, and that joy—like His mercy—is new every morning.
So, the next time you find yourself chuckling at something small (even a URL bomb), don’t be afraid to thank God for it. He gave us laughter for a reason.