Wednesday March 10, 2010

"I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.  My soul shall make her boast in the Lord:  the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.  O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together."  Psalm 34:1-3.

 

Do you have reasons to praise the Lord today?  Is there a heart of gratitude in you today?  Consider this, If you woke up this morning, you're ahead of the 1 million people who didn't survive the week.  If you can sit down, read the paper and drink a cup of coffee, you're better off than the 500 million men, women, and children around the world who are presently experiencing the horrors of war, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, and the pangs of starvation.  If you can attend church without threat, you've a freedom envied by 2 billion others who've never been inside one.  If you have food, clothes and a roof over your head, you're richer than 75% of the earth’s inhabitants.  If you've money in the bank, you're among the world’s top 8 percent.  If you've a Bible, you're better off than the 1.5 billion people who've never seen one.  If you can read this devotional, you're ahead of the one-third of the people on the planet who are illiterate.  It's all about perspective!  Praise the Lord.

 

The Bible In One Year:  Psalm 146:1-10