SO VERY PROUD
Today's reading: Psalm 66-68

"May God be merciful and bless us. May his face shine with favor upon us." Psalm 67:1

My son has made some pretty amazing decisions lately. He's chosen well and the fact that he's done so has made me beam with pride about being his Mom. As I watched him make these wise choices, I was tickled, honored and delighted at what he'd done!

Then? Well, then it made me wonder how proud I'd been making my Heavenly Father lately. I thought back over some of my most recent choices, pending decisions and forks in the road of life and surveyed whether I'd found His favor in what I'd done.

Did He beam?

Did His chest puff out with pride?

Was He proud of my reactions?

Did it make Him thrilled to be my Dad?

Having a nine year-old insures I'll have days when the pride of his choices won't always make me giddy with delight. We'll have days when I'd sooner hide in the corner than wear a shirt boasting the words, 'I'm his Mom!'. My little guy is far from perfect, he gets it from his mother. Same's true with my Father...

But at the end of the day, week, month, year or life--will He have had more chances to be proud of me than opportunities of shame?