Delighting in You

Several days ago my wife called our daughter and son-in-law's home. Our oldest granddaughter now answers the phone once in a while. My wife was greeted with a resounding and gleeful, "Hi, Nana!!" from the other end of the line. Our granddaughter delights in those she loves. Needless to say, it made Nana's day.

When was the last time someone delighted in you? Stripped down to the core, with all human baggage removed, it could be said that the essence of the good news of Jesus is this - God delights in us! Mess that we are, God cannot help it...God loves us, seeks us, and delights in us.

If you worship regularly, what did you experience the last time you participated in a service of worship? Did others smile at you politely? Were you ignored? Did you speak to the same persons with whom you usually speak, about the same subjects you usually address? Did people gush all over you in a programmed rush of cordiality? Or did someone just purely delight in you, just as God does?

I'll see you around the next bend in the river.