In this box of clothing that Susanna got from a friend there was a dinosaur outfit. She put it on Gregory, their youngest, and he just did not want to take it off. He was so happy in his new dinosaur outfit! He walked around in it, he laughed at it, he played in it, he was totally engaged with being thus clad and wanted to celebrate life from there!
Sometimes I know I am great at celebrating life. I like to play. You might have caught this about me. But other times I finish a project worthy of a party and instead of stepping back and celebrating, I push ahead to the next project. It is like sitting down to a gourmet meal and wolfing down the food rather than savoring it. We need to celebrate.
If there is anything that thrills me about the continued sung refrains in scripture (there are songs throughout the Word) it is this reminder to celebrate. Sing a song! This was so good it’s worthy of a song.
In the Shimer family we are familiar with writing silly songs to bless joyous times. It’s something we do. Cards become poems, poems get sung with a melody. Gabri even made up this song while swinging the kids when here this summer, that the kids loved, memorized, and a month later were teaching me! Songs give us a means of celebrating.
Mary sings a song in Luke 1. And for good reason: at the culmination of generations of promise, a song was warranted. As we gather Sunday to sing, to worship, to celebrate, come join in to sing as you embrace the miracle too. Don’t miss it! We need each other in this walk of faith. We cannot do this thing without one another. And as you come, if you have one, go ahead and wear your dinosaur suit! ♥️
