What makes God smile?This is another of Dave Daubert's questions - and I like this one a lot. What if everyone would think about this question before starting the day? Maybe we would start to act more civilly toward with one another.
What makes God smile?
- People treating one another with respect even if they don't agree with one another
- Raising the roof with joyful voices singing songs of praise and thanksgiving
- The voice that sings quietly by the bedside of someone who is dying, singing a way to heaven
- When we really put forth an effort to love our enemies
- The thousands of ELCA youth and advisors who helped clean up New Orleans
- Those who think of others first before thinking of themselves
- Bach and Agape, Duke Ellington and Rachel Kurtz, the Beatles and the Roches
- People figuring out how to use their gifts to serve others
- When we challenge injustice in all its forms
- When we leave the judging up to God instead of taking that role on ourselves
- Countries working toward peace
- Working to heal our neighborhoods instead of fleeing them
- When we "err on the side of grace"
- When we pray....
