Then He smiled at me...

I have never really been a fan of the song, The Little Drummer Boy. I guess I'm just not a "Pa Rum Pum Pum Pum" kind of person.

So this past Sunday when our church choir began to sing this song I kind of checked out mentally--at least at first. Then I decided to listen--really listen to the words of the song.  The last verse shook me out of my smug apathy as I internalized (for the very first time), the words "Then He smiled at me".

Really?  God, Jesus, Creator and Savior of the World born of a virgin smiled at you Little Drummer Boy?  I am not sure there was a Little Drummer Boy who came to the manger when Jesus was born, it's not exactly part of the Christmas Story in the Bible.

But that's not the point. The point is, Jesus (God) came to earth in the first place.  He left Heaven--the Heaven he created--to live a short and extremely difficult life just to be murdered in the most brutal and torturous of ways.  This He did for no other reason but to save us, to redeem us as His own if we believe in Him as our Savior and accept His Gifts of Salvation and Eternal Life.

I accepted these Gifts of all Gifts when I was a very young girl.  And you know what?  I have felt God smile at me throughout my entire life.

He smiled at me when I knelt and humbly asked him to be my Savior.  He smiled at me as I poured out my little heart to Him when times were tough.  He smiled at me when I was hurt and asked Him to heal my broken heart.  He smiled at me when I did not know which way to go and so just simply trusted He would lead me. God even smiled at me when I did not make the right decisions because He knew the road I took would always eventually lead back to Him.  

And, He still smiles at me every day of my life because I am His and He is mine!  So simple--so profound.

But that's not the end of the story.  Because one day, when I leave this earth all the "God Smiles" I have seen in my mind's eye and felt in my heart and soul for my entire life will finally give way to seeing God's Face and His Smile--in person!

"In my Father's house there are many rooms.  

If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to 

prepare a place for you?

And if I go and prepare a place for you,

I will come again and will take you to myself,

that where I am you may be also."

John 14: 2,3

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