Day 09: What Makes God Smile?

"I don't want your sacrifices-I want your love;
I dont' want your offerings, I want you to know me."

Having pondered that it is one's purpose to bring pleasure to God, it follows then that it is manifested by making God smile. A smile is a manifestation of sheer joy. It means that one has done something that pleased the other. Making someone smile is not a very easy task though, since one has to consider what makes a person smile. It involves clear attention to details. Perhaps it may even involve unquestionable intentions to do so. I was caught dumbfounded several times by the lines quoted above.It spoke to the innermost portion of my being and I swear, I could almost hear him uttering those lines very passionately. The intensity of the pitch is perturbing my soul. More than ornate sacifices, more than gaudy offerings what he wanted from me is to embrace him as he is without turning away from my human-ness. This human-ness refers to my capacity to love, trust, obey and use my abilities as opposed to giving in to the pretensions that the existing world has been trying to lure me. Such human capacities are my ticket to establish a relationship with him. And this relationship furthers my being and becoming, magnetizes my soul towards him, and magnifies my intentions to bring honor and pleasure to him. Eventually God would have to smile, because amidst my imperfections, I exercise my human-ness and accept my weaknesses to get connected to him.