Day One

Job 8:21-
      He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy.

Today Camden (my 4 month old) was a ball of joy and happiness as usual.  He never ceases to make me stop with a double take at least once a day; whether it's the amount of drool he is sporting, or his high pitched gurgle that is normally him stretching his voice but can be closely confused with the start of fussing, I at least once a day do the double take.  While getting him ready for the day I kissed his sweet bare belly and he let out a laugh.  Now I don't just mean a little giggle, I mean a full-out ab work-out laugh.  Thinking he might have just been doing his own thing, as a 4-month old often does, I kissed him again and this time the reaction was louder; it trailed off as he pushed all remaining air out of his lungs before sucking in a deep breath and making the laugh go on for another round. 
It is crazy that laughter is innate, not just a learned behavior or a mimic.  A true innate sense of joy, even at 4 months old God is filling Camden's mouth with laughter.  And as his laughter illuminated the room pure joy and love filled my heart.  It may not seem as exciting as a first step or his first day of school, but that pure, true, guttural laugh was infectious and filled me too.  I look forward to the many days in my future when my loved ones mouths are filled with laughter and their lips shout joy, joy for life but more importantly joy for the Lord.