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by Cecelia Lester
The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
The Lord is good to all and his mercy is over all he has made.
Psalm 145:8-9 (ESV)
David gives praise to God in this passage. Let’s see what he says about our heavenly Father.
The Lord is gracious and merciful,
We have scriptures that tell of the Father’s grace, His granting things we don’t deserve. He gives us evidence of showing His people His mercy, the withholding of what we do deserve.
Slow to anger,
Have you even know anyone who never seems to get angry? Or it takes a lot for them to become irritated? God’s strength lies in His capacity to not be caught off-guard by anything we do. He can handle anything we ‘give Him’, even our own anger.
The Lord is good to all,
As children, we were taught the table grace, “God is great, God is good, and we thank Him for our food . . . .” When we take the time, we see that goodness in our world. Right now, we see the leaves change colors as He prepares the trees for their winter’s rest. I believe He does this to protect those trees and to ultimately shield us, His children, from harm.
His mercy is over all he has made.
God watches over all his children. He tries to keep those children safe from harm. I say He tries. Because sometimes, He can’t due to the strong will of certain of His children.
He Is God
Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
Psalm 90:1-2 (ESV)
This psalm is a prayer of Moses. He gives praise to God for being present with the Israelites forever. Moses reminds us that God was present before the land was dotted with mountains and even before God formed the earth. (See Genesis 1:1-2) He gives praise to God for being who He is throughout all eternity.
Do we praise God enough for who He is—our Creator, the Sustainer of all things, the Father of us all?
In searching for graphics to accompany my blog posts, I saw a meme that really spoke to me.
“There are two times to praise the LORD- when you feel like it and when you don’t.”
I believe Moses had times when he didn’t feel like praising God. When he heard the Israelites grumble about being in the desert and what he saw when he came down the mountain where he met with God and saw that idol the people had made come to mind.
As I compose this the words of Mother Teresa come to me. She listed several scenarios we are faced with in life, her response to each instance is we are to “do it anyway.” In each circumstance she gives us, she tells us to follow Jesus’ example to remedy the problem. Yes, due to our humanity, we have times when we don’t want to give God praise.
Let’s try to put into practice the instruction Mother Teresa gave us. She told us to “do it anyway.” Because the option of doing a kindness in the face of others in these circumstances is always the right way.
However, we are told to praise the Lord in everything. I know what that means to me, what does that mean to you?
As we celebrate the season of Thanksgiving, let’s all seek to give praise to the LORD for all he has done for us. Let’s do it with joy and light hearts because that is the right thing to do.
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Cecelia Lester has been serious about her writing for over two decades..
She composes Christian essays and posts them to her blog quietspirit-followingmyking.blogspot.com/
She has served in a faith-based organization, Grace In Action by writing two newsletters and searching for possible grants.
In July 2017, she published her first book, 'Times of Trouble Bring Rays of Joy.'
She and her husband of 54 years live in central Indiana. They have one grown son.
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