Friday, January 20, 2012

Psalm 136...revised. (Sort of)

When the gas runs out (read: no hot water and no heat) and it's 5 degrees outside:
          Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good....His love endures forever.

When the pickup breaks down in a less-than-convenient spot and it's an expensive, frustrating repair that's needed and you can't plow the long driveway:
          Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good...His love endures forever.

When you're struggling spiritually and God is working in painful ways:
          Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good...His love endures forever.

When the vehicles and the household appliances are dropping like flies, or so it seems:
          Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good...His love endures forever.

When you have so much stuff going on and you feel strangely like a hamster in a wheel and you're overwhelmed and tired and behind:
          Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good...His love endures forever.

When, because you're going through things spiritually you let the stupidest things bother you and you fight with siblings and both parties end up miserable:
          Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good...His love endures forever. (And saying you're sorry helps too.....I'm truly sorry. You know who you are. <3)

When you live in such a messed up, fallen world and the temptation to give in to fear and worry and discouragement is constantly knocking at your door:
          Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good...His love endures forever.

When you're tired and in pain and you have to get up early in the morning and it's just all of those little things that add up:
          Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good...His love endures forever. 

When the gas guy eventually does come but even if he hadn't there's a fire in the fireplace and cozy seats by the fire:
         Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good...His love endures forever.

When you have hot, healthy soup for dinner and heated vehicles and wonderful friends and the best family ever:
         Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good...His love endures forever.

When you have a roof over your head and warm clothes and blankets and more blessings than you could count in your lifetime (and you're counting them anyway!):
         Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good...His love endures forever.

When you know that the sovereign God, the King of the Universe, loves you with an everlasting love and is always at work in your life, shaping a miserable, sinful worm into His image and continually drawing you closer to Him:
          Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good....His love endures forever. 

Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good...and His love endures forever.

Learning to remember,

Leah

 

3 comments:

  1. Love it! SO encouraging and what a neat idea! :)

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  2. Aw, you're kind...it just came to mind (from God, I hope) and it was where I was at so I turned it into a post :)

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  3. God made our minds, all good things come from Him, I believe it's from Him! :D Well, goes to show you that you can turn ANYTHING into a post!

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