They will celebrate your abundant goodness
and joyfully sing of your righteousness.
Psalm 145:7
For some reason the word “celebrate” makes me cringe a little. Does anyone remember Australia’s bicentennial campaign? Or, wait for it, the song “Celebrate Jesus”?
Enough cringing, I’m writing about joy.
Having young children has given me the chance to celebrate events that I have often given only passing thoughts to. Their birthdays are huge. And of course Christmas is all the more fun. But I was surprised to enjoy Australia Day (26th January) so much this year.
Given a random day off, I can easily spend most of the day wondering about what we could possibly do before getting to the end of it and wondering if we had any fun at all. This year the kids became really interested and before you know it we were downloading flags to colour in and the kids would count flags on passing cars. We ended up having a great bunch of friends over and filled the barbie with all kinds of carnivorous delights.
We had a great day. We engaged. We celebrated. And we really enjoyed it.
God has given us so many special times to enjoy – but it’s so easy to miss the joy that’s there to receive.
What’s coming up that you can celebrate?
What can you celebrate about today?
Good morning. This is Yutaka from Japan. Long time no see! How have you been? It is my great pleasure to visit your blog.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your previous e-mail.
We are doing good in Tokyo at further moment. Our second son, Yoshiki, was born
on last December and we have moved our house to my wife's parent's home.
I am living together with her parents and her older brother, however, the environment is totally different with where I used to live, and still having a hard time in there. I hope God will lead everything in a positive way.
For my wife, Yasue, she is doing her great job in Tokyo Mums.
It is very cold in Tokyo. Please take care of your health and have a wonderful day! I will visit your blog again!
P.S.：Hot news! I just got a new job with better salary than now!