Contemplative Bible Reading

Numbers 29:1 (Holman Christian Bible)

You are to hold a sacred assembly in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, and you are not to do any daily work. This will be a day of joyful shouting for you.

God is telling the people about the special holidays during the year. This one is about the Festival of Trumpets. This will be a day of joyful shouting.

Where did we lose this one? We are not under the old law and the Jewish festivals. Still, do we Christians have a day of joyful shouting? Perhaps every Friday and Saturday night during football season for those of use with roots and lives in the south.

When was the last time you shouted joyfully? Perhaps we should practice from time to time lest we forget how.