God Has Made Me Laugh

"God has made me to laugh; he has given me both cause to rejoice and a heart to rejoice." Thus the mother of our Lord, Lu. 1:46, 47. Note, God bestows mercies upon his people to encourage their joy in his work and service; and, whatever is the matter of our joy, God must be acknowledged as the author of it, unless it be the laughter of the fool. When mercies have been long deferred they are the more welcome when they come. It adds to the comfort of any mercy to have our friends rejoice with us in it: All that hear will laugh with me; for laughing is catching. See Lu. 1:58. Others would rejoice in this instance of God's power and goodness, and be encouraged to trust in him. See Ps. 119:74. - Matthew Henry