God's Smile

I can’t imagine God without a smile,
He is above the anger of the book,
so honest, open, gentle, without guile,
in heaven a smiling God is how He’ll look.

The anger He shows in His revelation
belies the loving teaching of His Word,
somehow it seems to me an aberration,
forever He’ll not be an Angry Bird.

He gets upset about the way we sin,
with freedom comes rejection of His grace,
with God there’ll be no more the sin we’re in,
no cause to change the smile on His face.

Your feelings, Lord, are such a mystery,
and yet I bet You’ll always smile on me.

                   -- by Pete Voelz       11/10/12