Everyday's A Day To Celebrate...

As I was driving to work this morning I heard a story about a woman, who after being sentenced to three years in prison for being a Christian, exclaimed that it was the happiest day of her life to be able to suffer for Christ and be found in Him. The person then went on to ask, "What do we think will be the happiest day of our lives? The day we graduate? Our wedding day? The day our child is born?" He wasn't saying any of these things were wrong to find joy in. They are all blessings and ones God loves to bestow upon us. The story did make me think however about where I find my true joy. When the foundation of our joy is found in Him, we will then be able to enjoy the other blessings in life as He intended. With God as number one, all other things will be secondary, but sweeter than we can imagine.

“It is sad to see a Christian pursuing joy in coarse and earthly pleasures when he has more noble and angelical delights, second only in degree and manner of enjoyment to heaven itself. Our faith takes us to the third heaven. We roll and tumble our souls in beds of roses, that is, our meditations of justification, sanctification, and salvation through Christ. No day should pass without these enjoyments. Should not our soul have her due drinks, breakfasts, meals, snacks, and desserts, as well as our body? Cannot such meditations make pleasant work of our daily tasks? They would make time pass by like a boat with full wind and tide, needing no oars. They would make all of our days like holidays and celebrations.” - Tony Reinke