#Day145: 25 May 2016, Wednesday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Numbers 6:24-26 - "The LORD bless you, and keep you; The LORD make His face shine on you, And be gracious to you; The LORD lift up His countenance on you, And give you peace."

Why we celebrate birthday? Do you know that at early days, the Christian Church considered birthday celebrations evil for the first few hundred years of its existence. Around the 4th century, Christians changed their minds and began to celebrate the birthday of Jesus as the holiday of Christmas.

How powerful is that? Even on the day He was born, Jesus already uplifted the tradition.

Anyway, it is Elsye's birthday today. And as usual  we celebrate it with a very humbling way. A cake and a photograph.

Call me lazy, call me old, call me un-romantic. But I never fancy a birthday party or events. For me, everyday is a new day, a birthday and let us rejoice in it.

Sometime I was thinking, why we never celebrate our baptism day? The day that we accepted God, the day that we were reborn and take part as the family of God.

Isn't it something more meaningful than physical  birthday?

1 Peter 3:21 - "Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ"

But anyway, who am I to ask all these? I may be just a confuse man. After all a birthday celebration brought happiness to the person, the people around and even the community. And happy heart is a medicine.

So, why not?

Happy birthday Elsye. God bless.

Another day full of blessing.

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