The Necessity of Delight

At church around the breakfast table this morning the Holy Spirit herded us into a discussion about Delight, deftly weaving all our varied threads together as He ever does.
Dad was expounding on his recent realization that we are allowed to enjoy the gifts God gives us and are not allowed to compare them to the gifts of others: each of us are given gifts according to the grace of God and our faith (Rom. 12:16), and each gift is totally unique. Since Jesus gives the gift, the Father gives the ministry, and the Spirit gives the effects, it matters not how “good” we are, only that we live up to the measure of the gift we've been given. We don't have to be as good as anyone else, we just have to be unique. “If I am not myself, who will be?” That truth gives one the incredible freedom to revel in and enjoy, yea verily, even Delight in, the “frivolous works” of one's hands.
Mom then chimed in, thanking Dad for the care he has taken over the years to defend Delight, especially when it seemed most frivolous. Frivolity and practicality are ever at war with one another. While both are necessary, practicality seems more so, and days can be more sober than they need to be.
At that point I recalled a conversation I had a week ago with my dear philosopher friend Lisa on this very topic. We were examining the extravagance of God, the unnecessary works of His creation and even of His character. What need is there of His grace any more than there is need for a rainbow? Is beauty essential? Lisa and I arrived at the conclusion that the fact that God has made anything as it is validates it. He does nothing that is not good, therefore it must, logically, be necessary.
The implications of this are huge. It means we may rejoice in the gifts He has given us to work and to do with perfect impunity, even sanction. It means that when He tells us to take a day off from legitimate sorrow and celebrate (Neh. 8:9-10), we can “party through the problem.” It means we can read Song of Solomon without blushing. It means that we, who according to pure apologetics are unnecessary beings, are in fact entirely necessary. His gifts are good— life, rainbows, music, art— and He adds no sorrow to them (Prov. 10:22).