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Monday... I had an old friend come and visit me this past week.


Psalm 50:14-15 (NLT), "Make thankfulness your sacrifice to God, and keep the vows you made to the Most High. Then call on me when you are in trouble, and I will rescue you, and you will give me glory."

Monday... I had an old friend come and visit me this past week.

Now the truth is, it wasn't an old friend. Not at all. Covid came to visit and lived inside of me for about a week. Now it wasn't as bad as the Covid of a few years ago. That Covid was a very destructive occurrence in almost all of our lives.


At one point Margaret, my wife had it and she was in the hospital. I had it also but not to the extent she did. I can vividly remember being alone in my bed at home and Margaret in the hospital and being in such emotional pain because I wasn't sure if she ever was going to come home. And many of you had friends and family who did not come home.

Now David writes in Psalm 50:14 (NLT), "Make thankfulness your sacrifice to God, and keep the vows you made to the Most High. Then call on me when you are in trouble, and I will rescue you, and you will give me glory."

We on a daily basis need to make thankfulness our sacrifice to God for all He has done and is doing for us and those we love. And maybe I needed a week with Covid to be reminded of what God did in our life.

It also says, "and keep the vows you made to the Most High." It is amazing what vows we make when we need God. And we need to be reminded of them and it is so, so good when we have kept them. I am so glad that I had kept my vows. Maybe you need a reminder.

And David goes on to say, "Then call on me when you are in trouble, and I will rescue you, and you will give me glory."

Now in no way was this Covid anything like that Covid but it still was a great reminder of God's goodness. Yes, I made it through and I have kept my vows to the Most High and I have made thankfulness my sacrifice to God.

So "Make thankfulness your sacrifice to God, and keep the vows you made to the Most High. Then call on me when you are in trouble, and I will rescue you, and you will give me glory." Such a great reminder. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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