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Sunday Psalm Giving Thanks For God’s Faithful Love

Sunday October 9, 2016

This is the holiday weekend – Thanksgiving weekend.  What do we have to be grateful for? 




Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever.
Give thanks to him who alone does mighty miracles. His faithful love endures forever.
He remembered us in our weakness. His faithful love endures forever.
He saved us from our enemies. His faithful love endures forever.
He gives food to every living thing. His faithful love endures forever.
Give thanks to the God of heaven. His faithful love endures forever.  (Psalm 136:1, 4, 24-26 NLT)


 Twenty-six times in 26 verses the ancient church sang to God with the words, "His faithful love endures forever."  You can read all of those verses in Psalm 136 in the Bible.  We've noted just a few of them in the quotation above.

These people were doing something that people in recovery have also discovered--making a gratitude list is a practical and reliable way to retrain our thoughts and encourage our hearts. 





We don't have to just give thanks for things we have, although that's a good place to start.  We can look at our natural environment every day and give thanks for the new things we see.  We can even give thanks for the ability to see and hear and feel and taste.  How many people today are not able to do that?  Our family of origin may have challenges but we can give thanks for the lessons we are learning that help us navigate those relationships better.  We may not have much money, or any money at all, but we have clothes on our back and know places to find food today.  How many refugees and others in war zones have neither security nor daily necessities?  We are truly blessed. 

It's really easy to focus on what we don’t have and what isn’t quite right in our world.  Each of us has our own set of difficulties and circumstances to face.  However, along with the ancient church and so many others who have walked with God in recovery, why not give the gratitude list a try?  God really is good all the time and, as we rely on Him and become more and more conscious of His goodness in our lives, we’ll have wonderful experiences to share with others.


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