I really want God to have emotions. But I am worried about this laughing God, worried a lot. I want the touch of the Divine, but I don't want the directions. I want the lessons, only without the boat, and the fish, or whatever. I want God's love without her laughter.
Laughter combines the cruel and the kind, the pain and the pleasure.
It is the way we deal with what cannot be changed, but must be endured. And it is part of my own life. Maybe it's the most consistent part. In the chronicles of Sir Thomas the Unbeliever, a fantasy trilogy, Foamfollower the giant tells Thomas that laughter is the best way to cleanse oneself from evil. And I have learned, and laughed.