Proud Daddy

As I am continuing in my PDL study, it brought a smile to my face today. I was reading of how I was designed to bring pleasure to God. I immediately thought of Friday nights. You may be wondering, "What's so special about Friday nights?" "What great spiritual thing happens then?" Is it a great sermon, a concert? No. It's.......basketball!

Now, it is not just any basketball. It is 1st and 2nd grade basketball. My daughter is on a co-ed team here and her daddy is the coach. To watcher her on that court having fun, giving everything she has got makes me proud. She doesn't even care who wins (She gets that part from her mom not her daddy).

Everything she does makes me smile. When she shoots the basketball, I hang on every shot. She's a good little ball player. She usually covers and is covered by boys on the other team. But you know what...even if she wasn't, her daddy would be proud.

Every Friday night, I get a glimpse of my heavenly father's feelings about me. Sometimes in life I stumble and fall. Many times I shoot an airball spiritually. And yet when my Father in Heaven looks at me trying my best, giving everything I have for his glory....He smiles. The Creator of the Universe smiles because he is proud of me. That's amazing!