Let My Praises Be Heard!
WHAT SHOULD YOU DO WHEN YOU FIND YOURSELF LOW IN GRATITUDE?
It is said that ‘confession is good for the soul!’ I have failed many times in my past life to be a ‘child of gratitude’. I have, too many times, taken ‘things’ (circumstances) into my own ‘weak hands’, Of course, when I have been a ‘complainer’ (gripping about the ‘lousy’ and ‘unfair situations’), I have not taken my place with the heavenly angels, in praise of the Lord on High!
During these difficult times, my vision has been clouded, my ears have been stopped, my lips of praise have been replaced with lips of complaint, and my mind has been beclouded with doubts and fears and even anger!
When I fail, as often I have, God is merciful to me, because He is a forgiving God. When I fall, I have learned that I must get up, I must confess my failure (sin), and then I must continue to travel on my ‘journey of faith’!
There is much in the living of the Christian life that deserves my ‘practice’, but probably the greatest need that I have in my living of the Christian life is the ‘practice of expressing gratitude’ towards my gracious and loving and grace-filled God! I am always behind in my ‘praise to the Lord’.
The blessings from God are abundantly poured out on my life (and relationships), and I am behind in the giving of thanks for those abundant blessings. Of course, in heaven, I will not only be more aware of the number of blessings and the nature of God’s earthly blessings, but I will be more adequate in my ability wholeheartedly and quickly to offer my thanks to the God of all praise!
Praise the Lord, ye heavens, adore him; Praise him, angels in the height, Sun and moon, rejoice before him, Praise him, all ye stars of light. Praise the Lord, for he hath spoken, Worlds his mighty voice obeyed. Laws which never shall be broken for their guidance he hath made.
Praise the Lord, for he is glorious, never shall his promise fail. God hath made his saints victorious; Sin and death shall not prevail. Praise the God of our salvation, Hosts on high, his power proclaim; Heaven and earth and all creation, Laud and magnify his Name.
Worship, honor, glory, blessings, Lord, we offer unto thee, Young and old, thy praise expressing, In glad homage bend the knee. All the saints in heaven adore thee, we would bow before thy throne: As thine angels serve before thee, So on earth thy will be done.
(Praise the Lord: Ye Heavens, Adore Him by Combined writers)
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