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Friday... It is such a very good thing to do.


Friday... It is such a very good thing to do.

Thank you so much, God for the time you and I spent this morning in our backyard with Turner our dog at my side and my Bible on my lap. Thank you for the personal focus time with you speaking through your word to me and the time I spent connecting with you through prayer and for the uplifting time of looking out on your creation. Thank you so much God for being involved in my life and for the one on one time I had with you and for the personal relationship we have. Thank you so much.

Psalm 107:1-2 (NLT) says, "Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! Has the Lord redeemed you? Then speak out! Tell others he has redeemed you from your enemies." And that is such a very good question and such a very good thing to do.

The NIRV says it this way, "Give thanks to the Lord, because he is good. His faithful love continues forever. Let those who have been set free by the Lord tell their story. He has set them free from the power of the enemy." If that is true it really is good news.

The Amplified Bible says, "O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; For His compassion and lovingkindness endure forever! Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of slavery."

There are so many things that we need to be freed from. Yes, our sins for sure and that is where it all starts. But there are still so many things that are a part of our life that weigh us down and we feel such a slave to them.

Think about some of those things that he has freed you from. Oh, it may have taken some time to be freed from them but you are free but maybe you haven't stopped in a long time and thanked him. Now by remembering and thanking you will get confidence to let him free you from whatever you may be a slave to now. That is all a part of maturing. 

There are so many things in our life that can hold us back. But God is so very good and his lovingkindness and compassion endures forever and he is in the redeeming business from what we feel such a slave to that come from our enemy.  

The Message says it this way, "O thank God - he is so good! His love never runs out. All of you set free by God, tell the world! Tell how he freed you from oppression." And that is such a very good thing to do. So let's tell our world our story. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning 

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