Happy For a Reason

Ouh yeah. The title of this post is actually a slogan we used in our Summer outreach in 2009. It was painted on our team's T-shirts and surely demonstrated a happy and joyful life attitude.

Today I recalled this slogan, and it's really good! Happy for a reason, it says a lot. I feel happy, happy for a reason. Of course there are many reasons if I started a list, but the slogan is saying one thing: true happiness IS available and it's available through Jesus Christ.

Today I felt happy, happy for the awakening of the beautiful nature, happy for the wonderful people I met and spent time with at church, happy for having worked hard to facilitate our international Easter party, happy for seeing happy faces of multi-national guests. Happy to be home, putting baby to sleep and share time with family. Happy, for a reason.

Tomorrow would be a new day, working day, with new challenges and many issues. But this moment is the one I am enjoying. There is a Finnish song expressing this feeling:
Huomisesta en mä tiedä
Esirippu eteen jää
Minne tahdonetkin viedä
Tänään tahdon ylistää

About tomorrow I don't know
There's a curtain unveiled
Wherever You are going to take me
Today I just want to praise You

No worries, no fear. One of the best gifts of Christian life this is. Looking back: full of blessings and guidance. Looking at the future: full of possibilities and a bright goal. Enjoying today, enjoying this moment, happy for a reason.

Ups and Downs, Lefts and Rights

It's amusing how things go. It's amusing how things don't go. :)

This post is probably a bit absurd, because I don't have one clear topic to write about. Then again, that's the way life many times seems to be: no clear ups or downs, simply daily life with full speed ahead. Work has been busy recently, sleep has been scarce, baby has been growing fast, and Summer is coming. Perhaps I won't complain this time, just to cheer.

Easter holidays, that's now. I can remember the Easter posting in this blog last year: Easter Passion. Seems that the pictures have disappeared. Oh well. Anyhow, now it's Easter again, and I've changed. The top question still is, how am I living up to the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ? I think I've come through some more emotions and seen more changes in the past year, thus I've grown. I also think that God has graciously brought me thus far, giving full blessings in the form of a warm family, clear next steps in life, bright hope for the future, and constant strength and help. What a wonderful Savior!

The grass is starting to green, the trees are budding, the streets have almost been cleaned up from the sand and dog poo, sun is shining. New life is springing up all around, and it was so relaxing to walk around in no hurry, just be. The moment of life, that is it - life. Dreams about future, treasures of the past, culmination of the current. That's the moment, I cherish, I value.

Looking forward to take it easy, knowing I've done what I need to, and leaving the rest to the hands of the Almighty God.
"Savior,
He can move the mountains
My God is mighty to save
He is mighty to save
Forever
Author of Salvation
He rose & conquered the grave
Jesus conquered the grave"

Happy Easter!