Are We Having Fun Yet?

Discovering the Lord's Joy in Unlikely Places

By Jill Briscoe

The question, “Are we having fun yet?” is one my husband, Stuart, asked me hundreds of times in my life. Usually in the most exhausting and un-fun situations! He taught me that joy comes in the middle of the problems of the day, and is to be found in the most unexpected places, because Jesus is found in the middle of the muddle and is waiting around the corners of our days for whatever hard thing happens to us, reminding us: He is Joy!

Stuart’s question always made me laugh. Seeing the funny side of life, that sometimes is no fun at all, is where we have found our “funnest” moments. Real joy has to do with “the joy of the Lord” that He shares with us even when we’re doing things that are really hard work—things He has asked us to do for Him.

Stuart’s question also made me realize that looking at life with a view of being able to laugh at something in the situation or at myself settles me down when I’m uptight. It relaxes me in dark days, helping me to create my own wind-down times wherever I am, whether at home or traveling on my own in the big wide world.