I’m a big fan of celebrating. I think that we need to celebrate more things, more often! Time has a funny way of ticking without stopping. It goes on and on and on. It never asks if you are ready for it to continue. (Nor does it ever ask if you would like it to speed up either!) Celebration causes you to focus intently on the object, achievement, or person that you are rejoicing over. Celebration begs you to sit and revel in the goodness of the moment. Celebration draws you into a posture of thankfulness. I love that about celebration.
Jennie Allen, writes in her book Restless, about the significance of our lives. She presses in on this issue by exploring the fact that there is something deep to the way that we spend our minutes and our days. “Because eventually, our minutes and days equal our lives.”
So true right? Sometimes when we get nostalgic, or overly serious, we start to think about and wonder what people will say about us at our funeral. The funny thing is that we have tons of control over that. I bet you don’t think that you do, but your minutes, your days, add up and equal your life.
What are you doing with this day, TODAY, that is worth celebrating?
It is easy to neglect your passion and calling, thinking that one day…
I will follow my dreams.
I will become disciplined when I need to be
I will finish writing my book
I will share the God inspired thoughts and encouragement
one day I will …
the list could go on and on.
We neglect these things because we think that one day is always at least a day, a week, or a month away from today. What if we started saying that today is the day that we will follow that dream, goal, or desire that God has put inside of you? What would it look like if right now, you stopped thinking that one day you will_____ and started thinking that today you did.
God has given you unique abilities and desires. He has placed you exactly where you are right now for a reason. Don’t waste another day waiting for ‘one day’. Today’s the day. Live in the dream, revel in the excitement, and chase it with ferocity!
What dream do you need to celebrate and start living out today?
~Peter
