The Bible is full of celebrations of all sorts.
Many of the Psalms are 'Psalms of Ascents' which were sung by pilgrims going up to Jerusalem for a great big national celebration. It did have a religious aspect, but it was also just a huge party.
Here's one Psalm of Ascents that I particularly like:
"I rejoiced with those who said to me, 'Let us go to the house of the Lord.'
Our feet are standing in your gates, O Jerusalem.
Jerusalem is built like a city that is closely compacted together.
That is where the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord,
to praise the name of the Lord according to the statute given to Israel.
There the thrones for judgment stand,
the thrones of the house of David."
Psalm 122:1-5 [NIV]
Celebrations can be very simple.
I was recently with a people who are part of a 'missional community', and they enjoy getting together with friends for dinner. Near the end of a meal, one of them said:
"Let's all tell each other about one good thing
that has happened in the last week, or the last month"
They had a great time, as they finished someone said 'God loves to give us all sorts of good things'.
Tim Norman
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