Happy Birthday to LIFE!

So my birthday is tomorrow. I was so close to forgetting about it this year!
When I used to think about my birthday, I always thought about just being one more year older. I remember when I was younger, I always wished I could be older. I enjoyed growing up. Until I started getting responsibilities and things started getting more complicated, then I wished I was a kid again. It’s funny how things switch up like that.

I remember many of my past birthdays when I was a kid. I had so many birthday parties and lots of fun! I enjoyed every birthday, because everyone that was special to me made me feel very special. I remember one particular birthday when I had Barbie cakes. It was my fifth birthday. I remember another birthday when I had a 50’s sock hop in my living room, that was my twelfth birthday. As I got older, my birthdays lost themes and just became “get togethers”, not parties. I started having just a few friends and family over and I didn’t expect anything out of them except maybe a hug.

I never really expected people to tell me happy birthday and it wasn’t important to me that they did. But when or if they did, it made me smile and feel good.

 

Since I’ve had children of my own, I’ve learned so much more about birthdays. On my babies’ birthdays, God was able to prove to me the miraculous strength that He is able to give me and just how amazing He really is by allowing me to birth them.

When I think about that, I think about how much I love celebrating THOSE days of birth, because they were so beautiful and miraculous. My children's lives came about on those days.

I never thought of my birthday like that, because I don’t remember when I was being birthed.

Seeing it through parents’ eyes now, though, I see why my parents celebrated so much and why those that were special to me celebrated. They weren’t just celebrating me, they were celebrating life and God’s miracles in general.

I feel like it's important for us to celebrate our birthdays, because we are God's children and we are special to Him and I feel like that He smiles down on us when we celebrate the life that He has given us.

So now when I look at my birthday, I see it as a time to celebrate my life and all the miracles that God has performed. Especially those miracles that God has performed using me.

Being alive is such a gift and I am thankful for it. I am thankful that God has given me the life that I have. Not only am I able to share my life with such remarkable people, but I’m able to live my life FOR HIM.

I’ve learned that it is important to celebrate life while you can, because it can be taken from you at any given moment.

For my birthday, I’d like for you all to just reflect on life in general and think about all of the things that God has shown you and done for you during your lifetime. Maybe write some things down about yourself that you don’t ever want to forget. Celebrate who you are, for me, because if you are reading this, then you are special to me. Thank you for being who you are.

God made you special and God made me special. Let’s celebrate that.