August 13, 2022
Yahweh. Thank you for today. Thank you for everything. Thank you for your covenant love for us, for me. For choosing to die to save me. Thank you for the many ways that you are showing that you care. Thank you.
Singing
I will enter his gates with thanksgiving in my heart
This is the day that the Lord has made
As the deer panteth for the water
Yahweh, all I have to offer is me. Please accept my offering.
It is to you I give the Glory
Psalm 145 –
I will highly praise you, my God, the king. I will bless your name forever and ever.
2 I will bless you every day. I will praise your name forever and ever.3 The Lord is great, and he should be highly praised. His greatness is unsearchable.
4 One generation will praise your deeds to the next. Each generation will talk about your mighty acts.
5 I will think about the glorious honor of your majesty and the miraculous things you have done.
6 People will talk about the power of your terrifying deeds, and I will tell about your greatness.
7 They will announce what they remember of your great goodness, and they will joyfully sing about your righteousness.
8 The Lord is merciful, compassionate, patient, and always ready to forgive.
9 The Lord is good to everyone and has compassion for everything that he has made.
10 Everything that you have made will give thanks to you, O Lord, and your faithful ones will praise you.
11 Everyone will talk about the glory of your kingdom and will tell the descendants of Adam about your might
12 in order to make known your mighty deeds and the glorious honor of your kingdom.
13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. Your empire endures throughout every generation.14 The Lord supports everyone who falls. He straightens the backs of those who are bent over.
15 The eyes of all creatures look to you, and you give them their food at the proper time.
16 You open your hand, and you satisfy the desire of every living thing.
17 The Lord is fair in all his ways and faithful in everything he does.
18 The Lord is near to everyone who prays to him, to every faithful person who prays to him.
19 He fills the needs of those who fear him. He hears their cries for help and saves them.
20 The Lord protects everyone who loves him, but he will destroy all wicked people.21 My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord, and all living creatures will praise his holy name
forever and ever.
Not Happy?
Say what now? “We are not called to be happy, we are called to be holy.” Now I understand the sentiments of what they are saying, but I also believe it’s something we need to stop saying. It’s one of the reasons why we rarely see smiles sometimes on Christians. Because we don’t expect to be happy: Yahweh doesn’t want us to be happy. But he does. He also wants us to be holy. Why do we consider them exclusive from each other?
