Celebrate!
But the time is coming when you’re going to hear laughter and celebration, marriage festivities, people exclaiming, “Thank God-of-the-Angel-Armies. He’s so good! His love never quits...” ~ Jeremiah 33:10-11 (MSG)
Jesus said, “When you’re celebrating a wedding, you don’t skimp on the cake and wine. You feast. Later you may need to pull in your belt, but not now. As long as the bride and groom are with you, you have a good time..." ~ Mark 2:19 (MSG)
SUMMARY SENTENCE Being with Jesus is cause enough for celebration.
PRAYER Thank you, God, for breaking into our dark and frustrating world. I confess that I wallow in the negativity. Yes, I know the negative things are real but I tend to get stuck there. I let them suck the joy out of my life. Please refresh my perspective on what's really happening in me and around me. I want to be able to celebrate without hesitation the intervention and agenda of Christ Jesus. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
