I may not have a very special party or extremely happy day. In fact, today I am clouded with mixed emotions, disorientation, and confusion. I believe I should be having a quarter-life crisis next year, but mine probably came a year early, I'm not sure.
24 years of my existence has been very rich and meaningful. I thought of writing about 24 reasons to celebrate, but as I count the reasons why I should celebrate today, I realized that there is just so much to write that they would not fit in one blog entry. I celebrate my family, my church community, my friends, my career, my ministry, my special man, my dreams, my struggles, my failures, mixed emotions and confusion. I celebrate my life as it is, and all the realities I have come to discover and experience in this 24 years of existence.
Today, as people send their greetings and love, I want to give the praise to only one name, the Lord of my life, Jesus. As I experience this phase of struggle and confusion, I rest in the fact that Jesus is Lord and that His blood has saved me, and that his resurrection is the reason I am alive and experiencing life on earth to its fullest.
I would probably live for a few more decades, or maybe less, who knows? But one thing I would constantly celebrate is that my Lord is alive and that He walks with me through my journey. In triumph and victory, He celebrates with me. In darkness, He holds my hand until I see the light. In sorrow He comforts me until I find my peace. In confusion and despair, He's the only one who understands. From the day I was born until my last breath, Jesus is alive and I constantly feel His love. That reason alone is more than enough, and could surpass any list, I could possibly make up.
This is the day that the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it.
