I was with him as someone he could trust.

For me, every day was pure delight,

as I played in his presence all the time,.

playing everywhere on his earth,

and delighting to be with humankind.

(Proverbs 8:30-31 Complete Jewish Bible)

Shoutout the Complete Jewish Bible for translating this passage correctly. Most translations translate the Hebrew word sahaq as God was “rejoicing” with His Son and Spirit (Wisdom) as They made the world together. 

The word actually means to laugh and to play (look it up for yourself) and it shows us that the Father, Son, and Spirit were laughing and playing together as They made this universe that we currently find ourselves in. 

Now what does this matter? Is this just to give you a cool biblical insight? No haha. This is to show you that God is actually good—and a good Father. Show me a father who never laughs and plays with his kids and I’ll show you a bad father lol. God is actually good, not in some “distant God seated on a throne who hopefully I can meet one day if I’m worthy enough” way, but as in a good and present Father, always ready to engage, play, laugh, love, dance, correct, discipline, encourage, and empower His kids. 

And by the way, you know what we don’t find before the world or at the creation of the world? God’s wrath. Why is that? Because He had nothing to be angry with. This is the “default” nature of God: to love, laugh, and play. (Maybe the Live, Laugh, Love brand actually has something to it hahahaha shoutout suburban moms). So why so much wrath in the Bible? 

Wrath is God’s passion to correct us and actually save us from our mistakes (sin). His wrath safeguards our play with Him and keeps it holy and healthy. We need God’s passion against that which hurts, harms, and enslaves us. Ultimately, the cross is where Father, Son, and Spirit poured out Their wrath against sin once and for all as the devil and his deception was defeated. (Father and Son were not against each other at the cross, that’s another ancient heresy. More on that another time.)

All in all, praise God that He’s actually good and that we come from such a good-natured God who laughs, plays, and delights in His children. His wrath (disciple, correction) comes to us when we need it, but that’s not His default character trait. If you are someone who is always trying to uphold God’s wrath 24/7, snap out of it, repent of your own human anger, and maybe read John 3:16 every morning for the next 316 days (“For God so loved the world…”). His wrath and condemnation is on sin, and its purpose is to set us free into His loving arms so we could be happy and holy with Him.