“I Love You”….

The phone rang the other day, and as I lifted up the receiver, I heard a little voice saying, “I love you Gran and I’m missing you!”

It was our little great grandson in Australia calling to have a chat with us….what a thrill that gave me! I couldn’t help but think that if we are thrilled when a little child tells us that, how much more is our Heavenly Father thrilled when we tell Him this. Not just tell Him, but to try to please Him in our actions and attitudes as well.

So often we expect to be pleased by Him granting our requests, but we completely forget the other side of the coin! He takes great pleasure in those who love to please Him. Twice we read in the book of Psalms that “the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear (to hurt) Him” (147:11) and He “takes pleasure in His people” (149:4)