Don't Forget to Party

Do you ever find yourself so busy "doing" life that you realize you've stopped living it? What does your list look like today? Homework, house, bills, appointments, kids, dogs (after the kids of course), gym, drop off, pick up, go to work, clock in, clock out, TB test, call grandma, do laundry, re-do laundry cause it sat for three days without being dried, groceries, and set DVR for So You Think You Can Dance. Sounds like fun right? Responsibilities abound. And let's be honest, the list is not going to start shrinking any time soon. If anything we just add on more. Should we stop doing these things? Probably not. But is there time in the day to party a little? Jesus seems to think so. I love that the first recorded puplic miricle of Jesus is at a wedding party. If we stop to think about it, the timing wasn't really all that great. Just three days earlier Jesus had called his first disciples, and they began to follow him. This would have been the perfect time to get to work. Hit the ground running so to speak. 7:00...find more disciples, 8:00...teach them how to preach, 9:00...go to the temple, 10:00...challenge the thought of the religious leaders, 11:00...study the scriptures, 12:00...explain the scriptures, 1:00...heal the sick and teach the masses, so an and so forth. If Jesus had a strategist this would seem productive. After all time is limited right? So how does Jesus begin His ministry. He parties. And he brings the disciples with him. Why? Because he chooses to live. To love. To celebrate. He chooses people over systems. He performs the miricle of turning water into wine. Not a miricle of bad to good, but of good to better. Jesus lives live. He cares about people. He takes time even though he senses urgency. Life is filled with tasks...and they're important. They need to be done. No argument there. In the midst of the list don't forget to live. Don't forget to love. Don't forget to party.