WEDDING DATES ARE GREAT FOR CELEBRATING BUT MOST PEOPLE DON'T CELEBRATE DIVORCES. YOU NOTICE I SAID MOST PEOPLE. WHAT ABOUT WHEN OUR PARENTS DIED? IT IS AN ANNUAL RECURRING DATE OF A PAST EVENT AND WE REMEMBER IT BUT CERTAINLY DON'T CELEBRATE IT. THE SAME THING WOULD GO FOR NATURAL DISASTERS AND EVEN ACCIDENTS.
THEN WE HAVE OUR NATIONAL HOLIDAYS. THESE GET CAUGHT UP IN WHAT I CALL EXCUSES. WE TAKE MOST OF THESE AS AN EXCUSE TO GET OUT OF WORK. TO ME, I THINK THIS IS ALRIGHT EXCEPT WHEN IT COMES TO CHRISTMAS AND EASTER. WE TEND TO LOSE THE REAL MEANING OF THESE CELEBRATIONS. TAKE CHRISTMAS, FOR INSTANCE. WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED ON THIS DATE BUT GET SO CAUGHT UP IN THE BUYING AND GIVING OF GIFTS THAT WE LOSE THE TRUE MEANING OF IT. DO WE EVER GIVE JESUS A GIFT ON HIS BIRTHDAY LIKE WE DO EVERYONE ELSE? AND THEN THERE IS EASTER. IT IS HARD TO CELEBRATE THE DEATH OF OUR SAVIOR. WE SHOULD REMEMBER IT BUT THE REAL CELEBRATION SHOULD COME THAT THIRD DAY WHEN HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD. NOW THAT IS THE GREATEST CELEBRATION WE ALL SHOULD HAVE. HOWEVER, AGAIN WE TEND TO LOSE THE MEANING WHEN WE HAVE THE EASTER BUNNY AND OUR EASTER EGG HUNTS. WHAT A SHAME.
WHAT ABOUT THE GREATEST EVENT IN YOUR LIFE? DO YOU REMEMBER THAT DATE OR DO YOU NOT KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT. IT IS THE DATE OF YOUR SALVATION. THAT IS THE GREATEST THING THAT WILL EVER HAPPEN TO US AND THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE THAT DON'T EVEN KNOW WHEN THEIR DATE IS. DO YOU? I KNEW MINE WAS IN 1953 AND IT WAS AT A BILLY GRAHAM CRUSADE BUT UNTIL HIS DEATH, I DIDN'T KNOW THE EXACT DAY. WHEN I SAW THE DOCUMENTARY ON HIS LIFE, IT SHOWED THE CRUSADE IN CHATTANOOGA AND I KNEW THAT WAS MY DATE. I WAS SAVED AT A BILLY GRAHAM CRUSADE ON MARCH 15, 1953. I TRY TO CELEBRATE THIS ALL YEAR LONG, AS I KNOW MOST OF YOU DO, BUT IT IS GOOD TO HAVE A DATE I CAN POINT TO AND SAY THANK YOU JESUS.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU WERE BORN AGAIN, WHY NOT PICK A DATE TO CELEBRATE IT. IT DOESN'T MAKE YOU ANY MORE SAVED AND GOD WILL NOT LOVE YOU ANY MORE FOR IT BECAUSE HE LOVES US BECAUSE OF JESUS. IT MIGHT SOUND CRAZE BUT TO ME, IT IS JUST NICE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A DATE I CAN CELEBRATE. I HOPE YOU FIND YOUR DATE.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
