"God has placed us on earth not to judge us, but to enjoy us."

A thought by Leonard Sweet, (2014-02-21) from his book, The Well-Played Life: Why Pleasing God Doesn't Have to Be Such Hard Work (p. 3). Tyndale Momentum. Kindle Edition.

I have done that this week and will do it this weekend. I have spent the last two afternoons with our middle granddaughter, Addison and I really enjoyed our time together. Tonight our daughter, Stef, her husband, Andrew and Harper, our youngest granddaughter will be coming to spend the weekend with her Papa and Gigi. It is going to be great to have us all together. I am looking forward to the fun that we are going to have, just being together.

Now here is the point, if I enjoy my kids and grandkids so much, how much does my heavenly Father really enjoy me? He takes great pleasure in me. That is why He created me. But we live so much with this fear of being a disappointment. And I’m sure that a lot of kids live with the fear of being a disappointment to their parents. And the truth is, so many parents h disappointed. But not God. He knows us, He loves us and He is not disappointed in us. He may be disappointed for us but He loves us and takes great enjoyment in showing that to us. He gives us so much for our enjoyment.

I mean, He sent His Son to die for us. We rejected Him but His love did not give up on us. He didn’t point His finger or His fist at us but opened His arms to us and showed us His nail-scared hands. He created us to love and be loved and in that to be enjoyed and to give joy. We just need to accept it and then in turn give it.

Now we don’t have to work to love and get love. We just love and enjoy it. Remember “For God so loved that He gave.” He gave love, acceptance and forgiveness and we in turn are then able to do the same.

So do you really enjoy the people in your life?

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