I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds. I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. Psalms 9:1-2 [ESV]
Well, I have come down with the LRTI (Lower Respiratory Tract Infection) that has been going around. Lots of coughing and sore bronchial tubes. What is weird is that I feel fine for the most part and been working from home this week.
In my reading today I have moved on to Chapter 9 of Psalms. I have written about this many time in the past but my life verses are Psalms 1:1-3. When I read the first several verses of chapter 9 today, I am reminded of the percent of my person that gives thanks – my ‘whole heart’. Even with my LRTI, I give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart, recounting all of His wonderful deeds. Looking over the last year, I have so much to be thankful to God for. Bella on the mission field, a roof over my head, an amazing church body to be surrounded by, and so many opportunities to serve Him. Let alone the job I have that allows me to care for my family and give in ways that should be aligned with how much I have been given.
Even in suffering I can be glad in Jesus and exalt His Name. What I have ahead of me is far more blessing than I have been given here on earth. Looking forward into the next year, I must prayerfully consider all the ways in which I am able to serve Him.
Blessed is the man
Psalms 1:1-3 [ESV]
who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in the way of sinners,
nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
but his delight is in the law of the Lord,
and on his law he meditates day and night.
He is like a tree
planted by streams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
and its leaf does not wither.
In all that he does, he prospers.
Love this!