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Devotional for 11/22/2012 Happy Thanksgiving!!

Started by Roostem33, November 22, 2012, 10:00:15 AM

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Roostem33

O Lord, You are my God; early will I seek You; my soul thirsts for You; my flesh longs for You in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water. So I have looked for You in the sanctuary, to see Your power and Your glory. Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise You. Thus I will bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name.
What does the psalmist mean when he says that God's lovingkindness is better than life? Let me try and explain.

First, lovingkindness literally means merciful love. It is God's unfailing, merciful love.
And this is the love the psalmist says is "better than life." This merciful and unfailing love of God is better than life at its best without that love.
When I think of my life without Christ, I can remember many high times, laughter I shared with people, and great relationships. But the least of God's mercies far outweighs the best of those times.

My life before coming to know Christ was chasing shadows. It was doing the best with a counterfeit because I had never experienced the reality. It was eating freeze-dried food when the Master Chef had prepared this sumptuous feast with the finest ingredients.
His lovingkindness is indeed better than the best of life without it. The natural response to such merciful love, to such an abundant life, is praise. Which means that every day, until your dying day, should be a thanksgiving day.



Happy Thanksgiving,
Jody
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.(John 10:10)

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BOFF

How Richly Blessed we are Jody!!

Love your wording and analogy:

"My life before coming to know Christ was chasing shadows. It was doing the best with a counterfeit because I had never experienced the reality. It was eating freeze-dried food when the Master Chef had prepared this sumptuous feast with the finest ingredients."

God Bless,
David B.

redarrow

"As the deer panteth for the water my soul thirst after thee " :cross2: :cross2: :cross2: I too wasted many years of my life (48) of them. My God is an awesome and patient God. Hally Loo Ya.