Ecclesiastes 9:7-10
Seize life! Eat bread with gusto,
drink wine with a robust heart.
Oh yes - God takes pleasure in your pleasure!
Dress festively every morning.
Don't skimp on colours and scarves.
Relish life with the spouse you love
Each and every day of your precarious life.
Each day is God's gift. It's all you get in exchange
For the hard work of staying alive.
Make the most of each one!
Whatever turns up, grab it and do it. And heartily!
This is your last and only chance at it,
For there's neither work to do nor thoughts to think
In the company of the dead, where you're most certainly headed.
---
When I woke up this morning, I was cold. And it was the nicest feeling. It was refreshing and the breeze coming in my window blew on my face and when I breathed it in, I could actually feel it fill my lungs. And something inside me jumped. I woke up with an adrenaline rush.
---
God created a beautiful morning and I felt Him around me.
---
This is the day,
this is the day,
that the Lord hath made,
that the Lord hath made.
We will rejoice,
we will rejoice...
And be GLAD in Him!
---
In Ecclesiastes 9, it talks about loving life and taking it for all it's worth. SEIZE life!! Eat bread with gusto! God gets excited when we get excited. When I'm dancing in my room to my praise and worship, even the Beatles, God is dancing right next to me. He loves us being happy. It probably gets Him all giddy inside and I bet he even starts to giggle.
---
One of my goals for this year is to start doing more of the things that really make me happy. In life we're surrounded with things that aren't necessarily enjoyable - school and work, worrying about bills or where our kids are (well, I mean if you had kids... I don't, but if I did, I'd worry)... these things take up all of our thoughts and leave little room for creativity and imagination. We need to become children again. When we were little we put all our faith in our parents and we let them take care of us. Life was great!! We need to give it all up and let someone take care of us. God. Our Father. When we do that, we'll have less to worry about, which will give us more time to do fun things. Whether it's painting, writing, fishing, skate boarding or cooking. If we believe that God can watch our backs while we take some time off, we can relax and have a good time.
---
I'm sure you'd agree that your best friend is more fun to hang out with when they're happy and excited right? Well, the same goes for God. Like a best friend, he's there the whole time, no matter what, but he gets excited when you get excited, and he'll dance with you whenever you want.
No comments:
Post a Comment