Dear Friends in Christ -
Right this moment, it's easy for me to think of at least a dozen reasons NOT to celebrate. I'm tired. Our Director of Youth Ministries resigned. The photos in the morning paper of the suffering in Haiti are devastating. My son is whining the laundry is piling up my paperwork isn't finished.
But last Sunday, our discipline for the week was assigned: celebration. God has a very perverse sense of humor. Either that, or God's really looking out for me, knowing in advance that I would need a little reminder to celebrate this week.
In the weeks before Thanksgiving, one of our parishioners asked everyone to twitter/blog/email one thing they were thankful for each day. Mini-celebrations.
Today I had cause for celebration when my dentist said, "Great teeth; no problems here." Hooray! I felt like I did when my first grade teacher gave me a smiley-face sticker for good work. The snarky voice in my head butted in, "yeah, the best part about it is that you aren't going to have to pay for a bridge or filling you can't afford."
The snarky voice is wrong. The best part about it is just celebrating a little good news as I run my tongue over my silky smooth, sparkly teeth.
Faithfully yours,
Janet+
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