Cause for Celebration!

I am glad that last week has ended and a new one has begun. Once again God has demonstrated that even during some tougher moments there are still moments in life to celebrate. Moments worth REJOICING.

Last week was a difficult one for me since a number of the stressful feelings that I dealt with last year have resurfaced. It is funny how a year can pass so quickly and yet it still feels like yesterday. Although time passes, I am not convinced that time always heals. Sometimes events touch us so deeply that we are altered so much that we are never, ever the same. While I am not going to delve into the specifics, I want wholeheartedly to move on and pray that God will help me do this. "Letting go" is one of the toughest life lessons that I still have much to learn about. I think that is why God made sure that my weekend was filled with moments to remember His Goodness. Sometimes we have to just focus on the blessings - His blessings.

This weekend was packed with family - both the Tammings and the Klein-Geltinks. (Although each visit was not really long enough, my tired body tells me that it was almost too much.) We were able to spend Friday night and Saturday morning with Stephen's family in Strathroy. Then on Saturday the girls stayed, while Stephen and I attended my cousin's wedding in Ingersoll.

It was wonderful to celebrate with family and friends the union of this young couple. It was wonderful to watch "young love" in action. It was amazing to share in this one moment when love is pledged to one another. During the vows, though my mind wandered. I was struck by the memory of how "young" Stephen and I were when we made our vows almost 17 years ago. How exhilarating it was to look forward to a wonderful life with little thought to the tougher moments that we could or would face together! How wonderful it is that on the wedding day we are not clouded with what may come our way but filled with celebrating that God had brought us to that point and would be there each step of the way!

Later, I boosted several times that Saturday for me was another big day! It marked the anniversary of my first chemo blast. It was interesting to listen to a number of comments and answering the numerous inquires as to how I was doing. While I don't really enjoy drawing too much attention to myself , I openly admit that it was good, no let me say great, to receive so many comments about "How GOOD I looked!" While there were many times last year that I did not feel it so much, today I did feel good. I took the greatest pleasure in my comeback to that comment from my uncles and aunts. I had gone around the table for the usual hugs and greetings and added this comment "That FINALLY I had more hair than all my uncles!"

I have included a picture captured at the reception. I love it because it captures a good moment. What can be better than held in the arms of the one who I married almost 17 years ago and grown to love more and more each day!

Our celebrations did not end last night but carried on into our church service this morning. While it was a different moment, it was a great moment to celebrate - it was God's moment once again. It is great to witness and celebrate baptism. It was a moment to bask in the joy of how God works in hearts and lives to bring people to a point to desire to follow Him. How amazingly He moves in people's lives to bring them to Him. I loved watching and listening to how God reminds me of His promise to always be with us. I loved the video demonstrating how awesome our God is. I loved to be reminded of how much he cares for us. He cares so much he imprinted us with the image of His greatest demonstration of His love. Just take a look at how he fashioned even in the smallest of our cells - laminin.





All I want to declare that our GOD IS AWESOME! It is good to celebrate His goodness!