Celebrate!

A friend of mine is reading through the Bible in a year and writing great devo's for parents along the way! While the parenting part does not apply to me, I love reading her stuff and have been super blessed and challenged by her observations. Last week, she wrote about the importance of celebrating your kids at: http://mom365word.blogspot.com/2011/10/genesis-21-23.html


I know she's doing an awesome job celebrating her kiddos, and her mom always did an amazing job of celebrating things in their family. I was over at their house a lot growing up, and some of my favorite memories with them involve funfetti cake to celebrate different life events (like my Feb. birthday in July because I lived abroad that year or cheesecake for getting an A on an exam). 


Well, I read the neatest verses today. God's throwing a party, and you're invited!!! How great is that?!
So I answered, "I'm coming.
      I read in your letter what you wrote about me,
   And I'm coming to the party
      you're throwing for me."
   That's when God's Word entered my life,
      became part of my very being.  
~Psalm 40:7-8, The Message



 I love how by accepting God's invitation to Heaven through His Son Jesus it is what allows God's Word to enter into our lives and become a part of our very being. And through that, Heaven and celebration become fused into our cells. God's joy and hope and parties sink into the core of who we are and flow out of us. He is our Father who celebrates that we are His, both in this life and in the one to come. Isn't it neat that God wants to make us party people? :)