Day 5 – Celebration of Life Prayer 2.0
I posted this little blog on my 57th birthday five years ago. It was actually a prayer and one of the first prayer posts I shared under the category of “God is Good.” I have updated it to reflect my most recent birthday and share it here with you as a segue to the guest post by Ann Voskamp.
Celebration of Life / an edited post of July 20, 2019
God, you are good! You have blessed me with 62 years of life🎉 This number represents more than years of life. For it is also a reminder that …
- through FAITH in Jesus Christ, I have known you as my God for 56 years – and
- 35 years ago, You brought me to a fuller understanding of Your marvelous grace, which profoundly and forever changed my life1 – and
- Since then,  I have been GROWING in the knowledge of Your grace and of my Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ ❤️ in the nurture and admonition of Your amazing, never-failing LOVE!
So, while I celebrate my birthday and am deeply grateful for another year of life – my greater celebration is in You!
- I bow in worship and celebrate who You are and that You made Yourself known to me!
- I bless and celebrate Your Name – Name above all Names –
- I celebrate being adopted into Your family and known as a child of God!
- I praise and celebrate You for all that You have done for me throughout these 62 years – You’ve protected, provided, and shown me Your kindness, love, and compassion. You’ve rescued me from pits of destruction and walked with me through countless valleys, and not once have You left me on my own —so I celebrate You and the day of my salvation 56 years ago!
- again and again I praise and celebrate You for Your mercy and pursuit of this wayward lamb
- and I celebrate the fuller understanding You have given me of Your life-changing grace and Your faithfulness to grow me up in the nurture and admonition of Your Love over the past 35 years!
When I was writing this post five years ago – a song from decades ago started playing in my mind – And will be my song of celebration every year of my life – not just for my celebration of years but even more for my celebration of life in Christ! 🎶
Listen to my birthday song. Then, I invite (and encourage)you to visit the link to Ann Voskamp’s blog. It is a wonderful musing of ideas and encouragement about God’s grace and the change that comes from knowing and embracing Him, the God who doesn’t change and can do the impossible.
Change is possible, when you embrace the God who doesn’t change and can do the impossible.
Ann VosKamp
The post is long but well worth the read – even if you read some today and some tomorrow …. How to Have a Better Second Half of Your Life
photo credits/Ann Voskamp
Me From the Inside Out 