Tuesday, November 28 was a pretty average day - the most routine as they come in my life. I would go so far as to say the day was a fairly boring one. The warmth and rest of Thanksgiving had warn off, and Christmas was still far off. I was spending the week in the office, but my mind was elsewhere. There was nothing special or remarkable about this Tuesday afternoon.
For me, that is. However, a thousand miles away on a blustery South Dakota day, two of my dear friends from college were drinking hot chocolate and getting engaged. Two lives, from that day on, would never be the same. There was nothing routine or boring about this Tuesday afternoon.
It occurred to me, upon hearing the words, "She said yes", that there were countless descriptions of this November Tuesday. For some - perhaps for most - it was "average" as it was for me. For others, the day surely brought great joy; that was certainly the case for my two friends, and I am sure there were others for whom this day brought a new birth, healing from an illness, a new job, or some other thrilling news. At the same time, there were some for whom the world stopped that day: a heartbreak, a death, a great loss.
No two people experience a day in the same way. Nonetheless, whether we are celebrating, grieving, or just getting through, we are all called to respond in the same way:
This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24
I pray that we will all rejoice and be glad, no matter what the day brings.
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