How About A Praise!

Good Morning!!!

Psalm 150 (English Standard Version)
Let Everything Praise the LORD
1 Praise the LORD!Praise God in his sanctuary;
praise him in his mighty heavens![a]
2Praise him for his mighty deeds;
praise him according to his excellent greatness!
3Praise him with trumpet sound;
praise him with lute and harp!
4Praise him with tambourine and dance;
praise him with strings and pipe!
5Praise him with sounding cymbals;
praise him with loud clashing cymbals!
6Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Praise the LORD!
Footnotes:
a. Psalm 150:1 Hebrew expanse (compare Genesis 1:6-8)

I made a faux pas yesterday morning. Right after I hit send, I realized that I had made a statement that was, in a short word, dumb. The comment was that God was a “God of God”. My mind intended “King of Kings and Lord of Lords” but my fingers typed “God of God”. Since I believe that God is the one and ONLY God, the statement was dumb. And I apologize for not catching it. You can check out my blog posting and see that I corrected myself.

I guess if one types enough (and either too late in the evening or too early in the morning), mistakes will be made. It is like I shared with Marquee’s dad, Joel, on the wedding day – “everything is going to be fine … and if not, those are called ‘memories’.” And that’s true. If everything goes off without a hitch, the comments are limited to “it was beautiful”. But throw in a gaffe or two and the event becomes really memorable.

Our Psalm today just tells us to praise God. And why not! Think about all the great things He has done for you. Better yet, think of all the simple, everyday things He continually does for you. Like – how do you enjoy the air you breathe? God created the air with just the right mix of oxygen and carbon dioxide so that you and I can inhale and exhale – and feel good. Or what about the water we have to drink. Oh, yeah, I know man has messed it up – but God created it. I can attest that nothing tastes better on a hot day than a cool drink of water. Simple things that we tend to take for granted – God created and we benefit. Even if all God gave to us were those two things, we would have to praise Him for those because we cannot live without them.

So today, Praise the Lord! And keep on doing it!!!

Agape’

Mr. Jim