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Thursday... Even so, shows so much about him.


Thursday... Even so, shows so much about him.

First of all, thank you God for the desire and the opportunity to be in your word. Thank you for bringing Margaret and I through Covid and that we both have tested negative. And thanks God for the miracle of a new day and the privilege of living for you and experiencing your love and your greatness.

The writer of Psalm 106 says in verses 6-9 (NLT), "Like our ancestors, we have sinned. We have done wrong! We have acted wickedly! Our ancestors in Egypt were not impressed by the Lord's miraculous deeds. They soon forgot his many acts of kindness to them. Instead, they rebelled against him at the Red Sea. Even so, he saved them - to defend the honor of his name and to demonstrate his mighty power."

And I'm sure that many times when it seems we are not impressed with what God is doing around us and for us, even so he saves us, he takes care of us, he loves us because of who he is and what he is like. 

We are headed into thanksgiving week. And there may be a time when we are at the table with our family that we will stop and each one of us will say what we are thankful for. But even though we may not really be thankful it causes us to stop and think about something that we are thankful for.

I tell you, love is shown in so many different ways. and even so is one of them. 

The even sos that we do, shows who we really are. As parents there are so many even sos that we do when our kids don't even notice and for sure may never thank us. But that is what love is all about.

Now if you read on in Psalm 106 you will see the consequences that happened to them. God is also a God of justice and because of his love to those who are faithful he must carry out his justice.And we as parents must do the same thing.

But this is about the even sos that God does in our lives. And he shows his love in so many ways in spite of our not being impressed. He is so good to us even when he corrects us. That is who he is. 

The Psalmist starts this Psalm in verses 1-3 by saying, "Praise the Lord! Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever. Who can list the glorious miracles of the Lord? Who can ever praise him enough? There is joy for those who deal justly with others and always do right."

Yes, "Even so, he saved them - to defend the honor of his name and to demonstrate his mighty power." And that is the might power of his love.  so let's "Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning.


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