When does God celebrate? Does he wait until all the problems in the world have been solved, human suffering has ended and everyone has been converted?
No. God celebrates when one sheep comes back, when one coin has been found, when one child comes home. This is enough to bring God from his throne room, running to his child and filling the heavens with his divine joy.
We’re not used to that. We’re not used to celebrating small things. We’re used to celebrating big things: big numbers, big milestones, big accomplishments.
And yet that’s not how God celebrates. God celebrates the small things. He gives himself totally to joy when a single child returns.
