God Is Delighted When You Are Joyful!

Nehemiah 8:10 - For the JOY of the Lord is your strength!

For years I rode my bicycle to and from work, through the countryside. One glorious day I was singing a happy silly improvised song to God as I biked along. Sometimes the words rhymed and sometimes they didn't. That made it even funnier! I just felt happy and close to Him .... until it occurred to me that maybe this behavior was a bit irreverent. So I dismounted from my bike, got serious, and tried to pray a "real" prayer . . . you know, like something out of the King James Bible . . . and with some repentance thrown in for good measure! But the Lord promptly said,

I liked it better when you were biking!

He said it in a way that made me laugh! So I got back on my bike and picked up my silly happy song where I had left off.