Time for Celebration

     Birthday cake, colorful balloons, banners, and joyfully wrapped gifts...celebrating our children's birthdays is a wonderful and timeless tradition. We take extra care to make sure that the birthday girl or boy feels loved, treasured, and valued. Birthdays are an opportunity to celebrate another year with our sweet children. We ponder their wonderful place and presence in our family.
     We are not the only ones who enjoy celebrating our children. It warms God's heart to celebrate them as well. He was the one that created them with so much thought, care, and detail. Each day in our children's lives has value and importance to the Father. To him, every day is worth being celebrated.

     "The Lord your God is in your midst, 

A victorious warrior.

He will exult over you with joy,

He will be quiet in His love,

He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy"

(Zephaniah 3:17, NASB).

     Do you know how loved and celebrated you are by God? The way you celebrate your children is the way the Lord loves to celebrate you--every single day. He loves to love you.