Celebrating a birthday involves marking another year of life with loved ones and creating memorable experiences with friends or family. Adoption is a profound act of grace, mirroring how God brings believers into His family as children with full inheritance rights.
Birthdays are days of rejoicing, and Psalm 118:24 captures that joyful spirit. Every day is a gift from God, and this verse reminds us to be glad in the moment and to appreciate the life He has given us.
Psalm 100 is a vibrant hymn of praise and thanksgiving, calling the entire world to worship God with joy, gratitude, and gladness. Earth, sing to the Lord! Be happy as you serve the Lord! Come before him with happy songs! Know that the Lord is God. He made us, and we belong to him. We are his people, the sheep he takes care of. Come through the gates to his temple, giving thanks to him. Enter his courtyards with songs of praise. Honour him and bless his name. The Lord is good! There is no end to his faithful love. We can trust him forever and ever! Happiness is momentary; joy is an excitement for the things of God.
Luke 18:15-17 highlights Jesus welcoming infants and children, rebuking disciples who tried to stop them, and declaring that the kingdom of God belongs to those with a humble, dependable, and trusting faith like a child.
John 16:16-22, Jesus states that “After a short time you won’t see me. Then, after another short time, you will see me again.” Some of the followers said to each other, “What does he mean when he says, ‘After a short time you won’t see me. Then after another short time, you will see me again, and what does he mean when he says, ‘Because I am going to the Father’?” They also asked, “What does he mean by ‘a short time’? We don’t understand what he is saying.” Jesus saw that the followers wanted to ask him about this. So he said to them, “Are you asking each other what I meant when I said, ‘After a short time you won’t see me. Then, after another short time, you will see me again? The truth is, you will cry and be sad, but the world will be happy. You will be sad, but then your sadness will change to happiness. “When a woman gives birth to a baby, she has pain, because her time has come. But when her baby is born, she forgets the pain. She forgets because she is so happy that a child has been born into the world. It is the same with you. Now you are sad, but I will see you again, and you will be happy. You will have joy that no one can take away. This passage encourages believers to maintain an eternal perspective, knowing that temporary suffering will produce lasting joy.
Proverbs 22:6 (“Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it”) is a wisdom literature advising parents to diligently instruct children in godly character, habits, and faith.
