When Ally asked me to help her out with a guest post while she
is adjusting to life as a family of four I was honored. I love Ally’s blog and
all that Ally represents. I love her heart and I know you must love her too or
you wouldn’t be hanging out here at her little spot in blogland.

Before I dive into my post today I thought I would let y’all
know a bit about who I am. I am Jamie from The Celebrating Momma. I am worshiper of
Jesus, wife to Jake, and mommy to Jack. I am a dreamer, celebrator, optimistic,
list maker, recovering procrastinator, iced coffee addict, crafty, and
completely random kind of gal. Grab a cup of iced coffee or whatever you
prefer and let’s be friends.

It is no secret that I love to celebrate people. Hello, it is
even in my blog name. Jamie is my name and celebrating is game. {are you
picturing 4th grade cheerleaders doing that cheer? no, just me? okay
then…moving on.} Celebrating life is my passion. I love to celebrate a good
hair day, a perfectly baked chocolate chip cookie, a good cup of coffee, and
anything else random I can think of to celebrate.

My most favorite thing in the world though is celebrating
people. I love celebrating my friends, my family, complete strangers, or
whoever God puts in my path. I love sending snail mail, handing fresh flowers
to a stranger, buying a friend a cup of coffee, or just doing random little
things to make people smile. I believe it is my calling. {If you email me
your address I would love to send you random cards of encouragement or maybe a
few other goodies every once in awhile.}

As much as I wish I could celebrate each and every one of
you in a big way I just can’t do that. I don’t know all of you. I don’t
have access to all of you. I don’t have the funds to truly celebrate each of
you in a way that I so badly desire to do so. But I know someone that can!

Did you know that Jesus celebrates and sings because of you? I
couldn’t find the exact verse but I am almost positive that Jesus has dance
parties every once in awhile as he cheers you on and celebrates you!!

There might not be a verse in the Bible about Jesus and his
dance parties but there is one supporting my thoughts on the fact that he does
celebrate you! Zephaniah 3:17 says “The Lord your God wins victory after
victory and is always with you. He celebrates and sings because of you, and he
will refresh your life with his love.”

Did y’all catch that? He celebrates and sings because
of you. It doesn’t say He will only celebrate you when you look
or act a certain way, when you do a certain number of good deeds, or when you finally come to a point that you
never fail.  He celebrates because of you and then nothing else. It is not
because you do something but because he loves you.

Oh how he loves you. He wants to refresh your life with his
love. God knows that as women we love to be celebrated. He knows that there are
going to be times in our life that we need to be refreshed. He knows our hearts
and he wants to celebrate because of us.

You don’t have to earn his celebration or his love. He wants to
celebrate you for you. Trust him. Let him refresh your life with his love. Let
him celebrate and sing because of you because He can celebrate you more than
any human ever could.