Saturday was my daughter Samantha’s 8th birthday. This year would have to have been her most anticipated and talked about birthday so far. As the months have ticked by and the other family members have had their birthdays the excitement and expectation has grown. Hopefully the celebrations yesterday with her friends and family have met her expectations for she surely was buzzing all day.
Birthdays, wedding anniversaries and other milestones are significant events in our lives and their build up should rightly be filled with excitement and anticipation. In preparing for a party, conversations are generated, relationships are evaluated and often people are brought together in ways which would not have happened otherwise. The overflow from a party can last a lot longer than the event itself. Festivals and parties play a huge role within Scripture with the Israelite calendar being built around them.
The question for us today as Sean Pawson introduces our new series on Jacob’s family is: What role do celebrations play in your household? Have you created your own traditions and patterns?
In the lead-up to Christmas, we would love to be able to share in your ideas. So please, if you have great recipes, games or traditions please email the office and we will compile a list. Also, if you have significant milestones / birthdays happening in your family that you would like others to know about, again email the office and we will gladly publish them in the newsletter.
Note: Steve Taylor is on study leave.