A Passage Loaded With Benefits

Here is a good passage loaded with promises for us today...

"Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's." - Psalm 103:2-5 ESV

I tell my soul to 'bless the Lord' and ask the questions. Then the answers come in an attitude of worship.

Who forgives all your iniquity? - When my emotions get off track and maybe I play right into the hand of the enemy of my soul...

Who heals all your diseases? - When my body isn't healthy or co-operative or I have a lingering cycle of some kind...

Who redeems your life from the pit? - When I am isolated and trapped in it...

Who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy? - When I just plain need kindness...

Who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's? - this one breaks me today... they all do in combination... when an old dog needs to learn some new tricks it can happen...

Are we going to muster these things up?

"The LORD works righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed. He made known his ways to Moses, his acts to the people of Israel. The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever. He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. As a father shows compassion to his children, so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him. For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust. As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field; for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more. But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children, to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments. The LORD has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all. Bless the LORD, O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his word, obeying the voice of his word! Bless the LORD, all his hosts, his ministers, who do his will! Bless the LORD, all his works, in all places of his dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul!" - Psalm 103:6-22 ESV

Yes. We worship You God.

I am still alive because of You... I shouldn't be but I am.

All who trust in You will live forever not just with everlasting existence... You give eternal life and that life has benefits... You are God almighty... You are the One who loves the unlovely and loads us with benefits. Thank You. Thank You.

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