Today's Beginning

Thursday... 26 times we are reminded. How did your Valentine's Day go? That is a day that we reinforce, we express our love to others. We do it by giving cards, candy, gifts or even by going out for a meal and for some by giving them a kiss. I hope it was a very special day for you but for some it was a very lonely day. They had no one to tell them they were loved.  But Psalm 136 is a reminder of a love that is everlasting to everyone. 26 times we are reminded that we are loved. The Amplified Bible sets this chapter up by saying, "The ancient rabbis said that the twenty-six verses of this Psalm correspond to the twenty-six generations from Adam to Moses. They maintain that since these generations were not given the Torah (Law), they could not earn merit and were sustained by God's 'lovingkindness'"  Now 26 times a statement is given and then another statement is repeated 26 times, a statement of which we all need to be reminded. Verses 1-4 in the NIV says, ...

Saturday... The writer of Psalm 136 emphasizes something that we need to hear and something we need to do and he does it through repetition. Verses 1-3 (NLT) say, "Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His love endures forever. Give thanks to the God of gods. His faithful love endures forever. Give thanks to the Lord of lords. His faithful love endures forever." And then verse 26 says, "Give thanks to the God of heaven. His faithful love endures forever." Yes, He is good, yes, He is the God of gods, yes, He is the Lord of lords, yes, He is the God of heaven and yes, we need to remember that. There is no other other. He is it, He is the One we serve and He is the One  who faithfully loves us and we need to repeat that in our hearts and minds each and everyday we live.  And we are to thank Him. Over and over we need to show how thankful we are for a God such as this who faithfully loves us, who takes care of us and for what He has done and for Who He is. That is th...