"Happy"

My 22 month-old son, Corban, is extremely perceptive. He's learned the difference between happy and sad. We can point to a person and ask if that person is happy or sad and he will tell you pretty accurately which he/she is. He makes the facial expressions on demand.

For the past 4 months Corban will randomly look up at us with a huge smile on his face and proclaim, “Happy!” He does this when he has been blessed in a particular way. He’ll have candy juice dripping from his mouth, or sitting on a stair with “dadda” playing "bus" and look up and shout “Happy!” Its his way of saying, “Thank you.” Nothing makes our day like that simple expressive word.

Do you proclaim to God when you are satisfied with His gifts? Like Corban, I want to look up into my Father's face today and tell Him, “Happy!”

"Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!” (Mat 7:9-11)

Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men. (Psa 107:31)

What has God done lately for which you can say to Him, "Happy!"?