"The LORD takes pleasure in those who fear Him, in those who hope in His mercy."
God created the world, in order to enjoy it. The Holy Trinity always experiences perfect and unremitted bliss. God is never perturbed. But, if it may be said that the Lord's pleasure may be "added to," (and I think it *can* be said, [in a certain sense]), then those who "fear Him" are the ones that achieve this remarkable privileged status.
Do we fear the Lord--through our faith in Jesus? If so, then let us take great comfort. God not only delights in us, He also loves us very dear-
ly and tenderly.
[Puritan quote of the day: "If once you come to receive the mercy of God in and through Christ Jesus, then that mercy will be the greatest opposer of your lusts and sin as anything can be in the world." --Jere-
miah Burroughs, a book of his sermons, entitled, "Gospel Remission"]
