There are three parables in Luke, The Lost Sheep, The Lost Coin, and the Lost Son, which point to the reality that it is a good thing to “Make Merry!” We seem, at times, to have lost our enthusiasm for rejoicing, being happy, joyful, even ecstatic at the blessings of God, from the simple to the profound. It is not that we are not thankful. It is not even that we don’t speak our thanks. It is that we don’t have parties. There must be more excitement in Heaven than there is on Earth. There must be more happiness in Heaven than there is on Earth. There must be more…