Read Psalms 147:11  This verse tells us the kind of people that God likes.  We know that God loves everyone, but that doesn’t mean that he likes what everyone does.  Some people make God sad and some people make God glad.  This verse tells us that God takes pleasure in two kinds of people.  The first kind of people that God takes pleasure in are those who fear Him.  That doesn’t mean that they are afraid of God and run and hide.  To fear God means to respect Him.  It is like you respect your father.  You like your dad and you have fun with your dad, but you know that if you do things that are naughty, you will be in trouble with your dad.  You are afraid of getting into trouble so you do not do those naughty things because you fear your father.  God likes people who fear Him.  And then God likes people who “hope in His mercy”.  God likes people who know that they are going to mess up and do wrong things – but they know that they can depend upon God’s forgiveness.  When we sin, we don’t have to just give up and keep on sinning; we can get God’s forgiveness and get back to being clean before God.  We can depend upon God’s mercy.  And God likes it when we act like we can depend upon Him.  Isn’t it great to be able to do things that makes God happy?