Ice Cream Day!

Today is Ice Cream Day! Now, before you start and look up all the national days, I will stop you and say, "This is no national day. This is an international...nay, an intergalactic day. It is in fact Ice Cream Day and this is why: Six years ago today a beautiful baby girl was born. Her name was Rebecca Faith. She was born with a rare condition that caused difficulty. A year and half later she went Home to be with Jesus. Rebecca is my niece. Today, June 10th, we celebrate her life by eating ice cream because on her first and only birthday she was blessed to taste ice cream and loved it!!

This was a hard time for the family. But God is faithful and just and loved Rebecca more than anyone could ever know. She crawled right up into His heavenly lap and is waiting there for the rest of us. We miss her, but we never forget her. Life goes on, yes, but we remember the good times. God is in control at all times and we must have faith that everything will work out. He has reasons for every season.

Our lamentations aren't very long. They may not even exist because we know we will be reunited together in Heaven. We do lament, but we celebrate even more. We celebrate a life that was full of love and laughter. Rebecca is truly a faith child.

Would you join me in celebrating her today with a big bowl of your favorite ice cream? Yumm!