Psalm 118:24 ESV This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. This is certainly the day the Lord has made for us all to live and enjoy. We should take the time to celebrate with one another. You never know what may take place over the coming days. You need fellowship with your loved ones. Taking the opportunity to get together and eat and be merry is Gods gift to us all. It is not really about what the season is at this point in my book. It is about that fact that one of these ole days we will miss it. Do not take for granted that you have your mother and father or grandparents still in the land of the living. Put a side petty differences and just get along for about one to two hours. Stop having your rivalry so that you may enjoy seeing and speaking to each other. How many times have someone said that they just spoke to her, or him and now they are gone? I know I have had that regret for the past 3 years now. I dropped my youngest off to visit with his grandmother, she just loved her some "JewLion". Instead of getting out the car and walking all the way up to the door to give my mother a great big kiss. I just waved. I have regretted that solemn moment for the past 3 years that she has been with our ancestors and our Lord and King. That is why i always tell those I minister to. Let it go already. What time do you actually have to harbor what someone has done to you. Christ has not held it against you. Jesus didn't even hold it against Judas. If He did, He would have said something to them about what his plans were, but the Lord was ready for what had to come. Are you ready for what has to come? Because, ready of not, it will take place in all our lives. Enjoy what you have been given brothers and sisters. Love on your brothers and sisters, your parents and friends. Give that love God has given unto you. Be festive in this season, we do not have the future locked down, not at all. Michael Lee C Sr