Our backyard camera recorded two large raccoons skillfully taking down our suet feeder and dragging it off into the woods. This afternoon there was a bark at the door and there was our wonder dog with the suet feeder at her feet. What a good dog! “Well done thou good and faithful servant.”
If God is half as pleased with me as I am with my retriever I am in good shape. Ephesians 1 tells us God created us for His pleasure. I love that verse. He didn’t have to make us. He wanted to. He made us in His image and gave us the tools to grow. Our potential was unlimited until sin barged in and limited our years and thus limited our growth. How exciting eternal life is that we will have unlimited growth. We will make the Einsteins and DaVincis of the world look ignorant and ungifted when compared with our developing skills. And it will make God happy. Just as we burst with pride when our children and grandchildren excel, God rejoices in our feats.
In Job 1 God brags about Job only to have Satan challenge that pride. And so the story unfolded and Job made God proud. I was always happy when I made my father proud of me. He used to brag about me to his friends. God was bragging about Job. We are here for His good pleasure. Our pleasure is His pleasure. Do I ever disappoint God by my willfulness? Of course I do. Is He unhappy? I’m sure He is. Does He forgive me? By the time my request for forgiveness is uttered it is done. It makes Him happy.
Now that I have told you about the wonders of my dog, let me tell you about my grandchildren.
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