Celebrating My Mother's 70th Birthday

avatar
(Edited)

Cake.jpg

12 August, we celebrated my mother's 70th birthday!

The program started with an opening prayer and a short message. The brief exhortation is based on an Old Testament text, Numbers 6:22-27.

The specific biblical passage is familiar for those who have been attending a public Christian Worship Service. It is the exact word pronounced by ministers of the gospel in closing a worship service known as benediction.

The text talks about God giving Moses a blessing for which the priests are to bless the people of Israel, and that is why it is called as "The Priestly Blessing."

This benediction contains a threefold invocation of God's holy name. This type of blessing is holistic that includes both spiritual and material well-being of a nation "and the thought conveyed here would naturally be that of plentiful crops, fruitful herds, seasonable weather, and military victory" (The Interpreter's Bible, pp. 174-175). And so by invoking the Lord's name would mean that the nation will be protected from bad harvests, barren herds, bad weathers, and defeat in battle.

Applying the priestly benediction to an individual during a birthday celebration would mean an invocation of God's name to pronounce blessing upon the celebrant, a blessing that includes productivity and victory in living a Christian life. The expression "the Lord makes his face shine upon you" is mark of divine favor and pleasure. It refers to a kind of bond between God and man that no one can break and serves as the basis for peace.

Peace or shalom is characteristic of Jewish blessing and developed to be the common form of greeting. It is interesting to note that etymologically speaking, the popular Korean greeting "Annyeonghaseyo" originally meant that the greeter is asking the person if his or her life is really in peace. In the Philippines, in Tagalog language, the literal translation "kapayapaan" does not capture the richness of the word and that is why some Filipino theologians prefer to use the word "kaginhawahan" for this latter translation is more appropriate to describe the holistic character of shalom.

As you will see in the following pictures, the productivity of my mother is proven by the number of her children, grandchildren, relatives, and friends.

This is my Mom on her 70th birthday.

my Mom.jpg

Receiving her birthday cake from my sisters.
Cake 2.jpg

The venue where we held the event. The name is really appropriate, Shekinah!
pool.jpg

Food preparation . . .

Food preparation.jpg

With my Mom's Aunt.

with my Mom's aunt.jpg

With her brother.

with my Mom's brother.jpg

With my sisters.

with my 3 sisters.jpg

with my three sisters 2.jpg

With my youngest brother.

with my youngest brother.jpg

With my youngest brother and my three sisters.

with my youngest brother and 3 sisters.jpg

With my sister, my brother-in-law and their church mates.
My sister and my brother-in-law and their church mates.jpg

With my Aunt and cousins.
With my aunt and cousins.jpg

With her friend.
with her friend.jpg

With her grandchildren.
with grandchildren.jpg

With church mates.
with church mates.jpg

Earlier with my sons.
with my sons.jpg

Sharing God's word . . .
Sharing God's word.jpg

Closing prayer and dedication.
Closing prayer and dedication.jpg

With the whole family except the little ones who cannot be stopped from swimming.

with my grandmother, brother, sisters, brothers-in-law, sons, nephews, and nieces..jpg

Grace and peace!



0
0
0.000
44 comments
avatar
(Edited)

PIZZA! PIZZA! PIZZA! PIZZA! PIZZA! PIZZA! PIZZA! PIZZA!

PIZZA Holders sent $PIZZA tips in this post's comments:
elyelma tipped rzc24-nftbbg (x1)
rzc24-nftbbg tipped drlobes (x1)
rzc24-nftbbg tipped ravenmus1c (x1)
rzc24-nftbbg tipped justclickindiva (x1)
rzc24-nftbbg tipped dd01a (x1)
@rzc24-nftbbg(5/5) tipped @katiebeth (x1)
rzc24-nftbbg tipped elyelma (x1)
rzc24-nftbbg tipped rcaine (x1)

Join us in Discord!

0
0
0.000
avatar

Happy 70th (belated) to your Mom! Such a joy to see our old folks happy :)

0
0
0.000
avatar

Happy birthday to your mother!
And my gosh, your mother looks great for her age! She looks much younger!

Seems like a great day!

!CTP

0
0
0.000
avatar

Many are wondering too about her secret. Sometimes people made fun of me saying that I am my mother's older brother. 😆

!CTP

0
0
0.000
avatar

Haha I know how that feels, when I was young and went out with my grandmother and mother, people always thought she was my mother (I looked older, she looked younger and so did my mother) my mother was thought to be my sister.

I hope your mother is just as vital as she looks, in that case she may live many more years!

!CTP

0
0
0.000
avatar

Yeah, she has some minor health issues. Praying that she will stay with us for more than a decade or two.

!CTP

0
0
0.000
avatar

Happy birthday to your mum who is celebrating 70 years old, wishing her many more happy years of celebrations.

0
0
0.000
avatar

Happy Birthday! I hope 7you have a wonderful and fun day. Thanks for sharing.

0
0
0.000
avatar

Awesome! May God bless her, and your entire family and give you a lot of time together (:

!PIZZA !LUV !HBB !HBIT

- EvM

0
0
0.000
avatar

Thank you very much! I wish the same "kaginhawahan" for you and your family. 😄

!PIZZA

!CTP

0
0
0.000
avatar

Wow, looks like your mother had a great birthday! The venue looks lovely and the cakes look too beautiful to eat!

It is interesting for me to learn about those expressions in different languages, especially in Tagalog, the difference between "kapayapaan" and "kaginhawahan". Thank you for sharing!

0
0
0.000
avatar

Yes, she's really happy, especially seeing us her children, her aunt, and her brother.

Shalom!

!PIZZA

!CTP

0
0
0.000
avatar

An awesome event. Your mom looks happy. No way she's 70 years old. She looks so young, and she's beautiful too. I love the design of the cake into the numbers.

Thanks for sharing.

!LUV
!LADY

Read from LN

0
0
0.000
avatar

Thanks, @justclickindiva for your time reading about my mother's birthday. Yes, many also couldn't believe that she's 70. 😄

!PIZZA

!CTP

0
0
0.000
avatar

It looks like a happy family event

0
0
0.000
avatar

Yes, especially seeing relatives that I haven't seen since the lockdown.

0
0
0.000