DAVID A. MCMILLEN

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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.

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"WHAT DO YOU CELEBRATE?" BY DAVID MCMILLEN

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By: DAVID A. MCMILLEN
Posted in: INSPIRATIONAL

WHAT DO YOU CELEBRATE?

ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO I WROTE A MESSAGE ON ANNIVERSARIES AND HOW WE CELEBRATED THEM BUT I HAVE JUST A FEW MORE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THE SUBJECT.  THE DICTIONARY DEFINES ANNIVERSARY AS "The annually recurring date of a past event" BUT SHOULD WE CELEBRATE ALL OF THEM?  LET'S START WITH OUR BIRTHDAY.  SOME PEOPLE CELEBRATE THEIRS AND SOME WANT TO JUST PASS THEM UP, ESPECIALLY THE BIG "30".  JUST A SIDE NOTE.....ISN'T IT FUNNY WHEN YOU ARE YOUNG, YOU ALWAYS WANT PEOPLE TO THINK YOU ARE OLDER THAN YOU ARE AND WHEN YOU ARE OLD, LIKE ME, YOU WOULD THINK WE WOULD WANT TO TRY TO BE YOUNGER BUT WE ARE PROUD THAT WE HAVE LIVED THIS LONG AND WANT PEOPLE TO HEAR ABOUT IT.  I AM 81 AND PROUD OF IT....SEE WHAT I MEAN?




WEDDING DATES ARE GREAT FOR CELEBRATING BUT MOST PEOPLE DON'T CELEBRATE DIVORCES.  YOU NOTICE I SAID MOST PEOPLE.  HAHA.  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.  YESTERDAY WAS REALLY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE ARE USED TO.  I HOPE EVERYONE TOOK THE DAY TO REALLY THANK JESUS FOR PROTECTING THEM FROM THE VIRUS AND FOR ALL THEIR BLESSINGS.  



WHAT ABOUT THE GREATEST EVENT IN YOUR LIFE?  DO YOU REMEMBER THE 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? THERE WAS A TIME THAT I DIDN'T REALLY REMEMBER BUT I FINALLY FOUND OUT WITH THE HELP OF SOMEONE ELSE THAT REMEMBERED.  I WAS SAVED ON MARCH 15, 1953, AT A BILLY GRAHAM CRUSADE IN CHATTANOOGA, TENN.  IT WAS THE TIME THAT SEGREGATION WAS IN FULL SWING.  THE PEOPLE AT THE STADIUM WHERE IT WAS HELD HAD PUT UP ROPES TO KEEP EVERYONE SEPARATED.  MR GRAHAM ASK THEM TO TAKE DOWN THE ROPES AND THEY REFUSED.  HE SAID HE WOULD NOT PREACH IN THAT TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HE TOOK DOWN THE ROPES HIMSELF   I TRY TO CELEBRATE THIS ALL YEAR LONG, AS I KNOW MOST OF YOU DO, BUT FOR ME, IT IS GOOD TO HAVE A DATE I CAN POINT TO AND SAY THANK YOU JESUS. 



ARE YOU SURE YOU ARE BORN AGAIN?  I KNOW IN THE BAPTIST CHURCH WE WOULD GO DOWN AND "REDEDICATE" OUR LIVES TO THE LORD.  UNTIL I REALLY KNEW THE DAY THAT I WAS REALLY BORN AGAIN I GUESS I ALWAYS WANTED TO MAKE SURE SO I REDEDICATED MY LIFE MANY TIMES.  LIKE I SAID BEFORE, WE NEED TO CELEBRATE BEING BORN AGAIN EVERY DAY OF OUR LIVES.  IT IS THAT IMPORTANT SO JUST MAKE SURE YOU ARE.



 

GOD BLESS YOU ALL.



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