We had 6 of the "Real Men" for a BBQ and sleep-over recently. It was a great time!
Later I asked for their favorite part of the sleep-over. One said "A family dinner!" Another said, "We learned how to cheers!" Toasts are big at our family dinner table. Celebration and thankfulness.
Celebration was big with Jesus. I once heard someone teach about Jesus' first miracle (water to wine at the wedding in Cana). They said that Jesus probably would have been the best candidate to perform the wedding ceremony. But Jesus didn't do the wedding. Jesus did the wine! Can you imagine being at the wedding celebration when the wine ran out? "Well it is a good thing we invited God!"
Here is Jesus...using His power to keep the party going! There is a lesson in "learning how to cheers." The celebration of life. The cultivation of thankfulness, of gratefulness. Can you be thankful for thankfulness? If so, I am. And I'm thankful for these Real Men and the chance to be thankful together.
-- Dean Wilson
