Happy Days

July 23, 2023

Reflections from the Heart of Allan Redenius
 
There are days in our lives in which the sun never sets.  Those days live in our memories seemingly forever.
 
More of us remember monumental historical days.  Days like the day President Kennedy was shot, and September 11, 2001, and the day the Challenger space shuttle blew up and fell to the ground.  Those history making days we all have in common, most of those days filled with tragedy.
 
Then there are monumental happy days in each of our lives.  Here are a few of my happy days that are forever in my memory:

• I don’t remember the year exactly, but I was in sixth grade.  Mom and Dad decided to quit farming and move to town.  The day was December 7th, the day of Dad’s farm machinery auction.  What made it so special?  I stayed home from school to witness what I didn’t understand.   What I didn’t realize then, but know now, December 7th was the day I moved from being a farm boy to a city kid.
• June 7, 1970 was a HAPPY DAY!  It was the day my life changed for good—forever.  I married Armona.
• Of course, who can forget the days their children were born?  On September 8, 1974 while sitting in the waiting room, I heard my son’s borning cry.  I heard that borning cry again when my first grandson was born.  But I can’t leave out July 5, 1977 when our daughter was born.  The doctor threw an operating gown at me and said, “You’re coming in to watch the birth of your child.”  I witnessed the borning cry and God’s blessing of another healthy baby.

 
I feel better focusing on my life changing, happy days, than my life changing, bad days.  Here’s the absolute best day of all.  The day I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior!  Praying that day is your happiest day of all as well!
 
Thinking Happy Days—the Fonz! 😊  (You gotta be older to get it!)
 
Pastor Allan
 
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