Thursday... We're back to be reminded again.

I have for years set into motion certain actions that help me in living a positive life instead of a negative one. And one of the most important of those actions is to read a Psalm everyday and they have become such good friends and here I am today in Psalm 118.

It starts off in verse 1 with, "Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever." No matter if I let up and blow it along the way, "His faithful love endure forever." Do you ever need to be reminded of that? I sure do. It also is great to realize even through a prolonged pandemic that "He is good."

Verse 24 is another of those facts that keep me on a positive path, "This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it." Do you need to b e reminded of that? The Great Creator made today. Today matters to Him. He made it with a purpose. He took special care in creating it. And He knows what He is doing and He wants us to rejoice in it and to be glad. "This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it."

And then verse 29. This too is another reminder, "Give thanks to the Lord for he is good! His faithful love endures forever." The Psalmist writer of Psalm 118 started with it and ended with it. In this day that God has made we need to be reminded of the fact that He is good and faithful and He loves us with an enduring love that will last forever. So let's give thanks to Him and rejoice and be glad! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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