Celebrate Good Times

“Celebrate good times, come on!” (I bet you’ll be singing that song for the next hour now). It’s that time of year once again to get together with friends and family to celebrate the holidays. It starts with Thanksgiving and then moves to Hanukkah or Christmas or Kwanza or even Festivus(whatever you celebrate), and it comes to an end on New Year’s Eve. All these man-made holidays give us a reason to celebrate.

We have so many other things to celebrate throughout the year: little things that deserve celebrating. These events can even be daily accomplishments that need to be celebrated. Things like losing that last pound of weight you’ve been trying to get rid of for the longest time. That promotion you’ve deserved for years. The daily victory of overcoming some addiction you’ve been battling all your life whether it’s food or alcohol or drugs or something else. Celebrate those little things, those little victories that keep us going for the next day.

By celebrating those milestones, we open our hearts to joy and thankfulness for the small things in our lives. The Apostle Paul told the believers in Philippi to “rejoice in the Lord always; and again I say, rejoice!” Celebrate all things and praise God for the things He allows in your life.

As Christians, we have things to celebrate every day: our salvation first and foremost, and the fact that we are one day closer to the return of the Lord to take us with Him so that “we shall forever be with the Lord”. If you can’t  celebrate at least those two things every day, then you better check yourself.

Have a great day and let me know when you stop sing that song lyric “Celebrate good times, come on!”  God bless.