After crossing the sea, Miriam grabbed a tambourine and led the women in song. Celebrating is part of faith too.
GRATITUDE
WHAT THIS MEANS
Relief deserves to be marked out loud. She picked up an instrument and started the celebrating rather than moving straight on to whatever came next, and that instinct is rarer than it sounds. Most people get through the hard thing and immediately begin worrying about the following one, which means the good moment goes unobserved. Noticing when something has gone well is part of the practice, not a break from it.
When something goes right this week, stop and mark it somehow. Tell one person, make the meal, play the song loudly in the car.
A QUESTION TO SIT WITH
What good thing did you survive without ever stopping to celebrate it?
MORE IN FAITH, GRACE & PURPOSE
- Nehemiah was a king’s cupbearer before he rebuilt a city’s walls. Don’t look down on the job that gets you in the room.
- Praying families still fight. They just have somewhere to bring the fight afterward.
- Name the coworker who drives you nuts in your prayers. Resentment shrinks when you keep asking God to bless someone.
Free, with nothing to buy inside it.