The Bible says in the 106th Psalm: "Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endues forever; Who can list the glorious miracle sof the Lord? Who can ever praise him enough?"
This morning we walked along the Red River in Shreveport, La. It was a pleasant morning, even with the temperatures here during the day seemingly a few degrees short of hell itself. The mists rose above the river as we walked a path along the river.
At one point, I looked up and the sun was blazing a path across a building ahead and as the morning wind blew softly, I was reminded that I needed, had to, praise the Lord.
This praising thing is a dual blessing, by the way. Not only do we please a loving and most powerful God when we do, but we are raised to a new a loving stature as well.
It is one thing to be mired in pain and suffering and take it grimly. It is another to see what the Lord has done, with beautiful and bountiful trees lining an old, flowing river for example, and praise Him for it.
When you spend a few moments with Him each day, just a few moments if you have no more time, you are raised. You are picked up. You are changed, from the grump your DNA might tell you to be, to the persons of praise that God wants you to be.
As praise music is set to flow and our annual conference's second day is a out to begin, I'm reminded one more time: "There is joy for those who deal justly with others and always do what is right. Remember, me, Lord when you show favor to your people; come near and rescue me."
Life is short, but it is good. Please praise.
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