“If I had ten thousand
tongues it just wouldn't be enough to say, Thank You.” These are lyrics written
by American gospel music artist Richard Smallwood as part of the popular praise
and worship song titled “Thank YOU.”
The writer of Psalm 136 is exuberant in his song of thanksgiving to GOD. He thanks GOD for His
goodness, His Creation, and a slew of miraculous events He did on behalf of the
Nation of Israel. In all 26 stanzas of praise the author acknowledges that GOD’s
actions is motivated by LOVE.
It is GOD’s love for humanity that nailed our Savior, JESUS CHRIST
to the cross to atone for our sin and His love remains constant through all the generations.
In the spirit of the Nation’s Thanksgiving Day celebration
tomorrow, may we give serious thought to what GOD’s enduring LOVE has done for
us – from orchestrating our salvation before the beginning of time to caring
for us and our loved ones daily from generation to generation.
May we aspire like the psalmists to remember the goodness of
GOD in our own lives, and His LOVE, and consider that, if we did have ten
thousand tongues, it just wouldn't be enough to say, “Thank YOU!”
Let
them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for
mankind,…Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people. Psalm 107:31-32
Prayer and Thanksgiving: Our gracious and loving Father, we thank
YOU for being GOD of gods and LORD of lords. We thank you for your goodness and
YOUR love that endures throughout the generations. We thank YOU for the beauty of YOUR Creation, YOU made
everything in this world for us to
enjoy. We thank YOU for the wonder of birth and life and the mystery of love
and loving. We thank YOU for our spouses, or families and friends and the Body
of CHRIST. We thank YOU for talents and the privilege to make a difference in
the Kingdom. We thank you for the big things and the little things, for trials
and joys, disappointments and achievements, may all draw us nearer to YOU in
humble praise. We thank YOU above all, Father, for the gift of YOUR only
SON to save us and for the Holy Spirit to sanctify us. We thank YOU, O Father,
we just THANK YOU for being YOURSELF our Portion and all that we need. We give
YOU all the glory, all the honor, and all the praise, and we pray all things in
JESUS’ Mighty NAME. Amen!
Always by God’s Word and prayer,
Cecile
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