Paint Party Friday: Bless the Lord!

 

Psalm 103 is an old favorite, and no wonder!

"Bless the Lord, O my soul;

and all my being,

bless His holy name.

Bless the Lord,

O my soul,

and forget not all His benefits...

For as the heavens are high above the earth,

so surpassing is His kindness

toward those who fear Him."

Psalm 103:1, 2, 11

 To bless God means to praise, and to worship.

When God blesses us,

it is wholly undeserved.

It is out of His "hesed", loving kindness,

that He treats us with unmerited favor.

But when we bless Him,

it is because of who He is,

His character, and His love for us.

 

"If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off." 

Mark 9:43 

Sounds painful but I am pretty sure 

Jesus is not telling us to amputate ourselves. 

I think He is reminding us that 

we need to watch what we do, see, 

where we go for amusement, what we read, 

who we spend time with, etc.

If anything will cause us to sin, 

endangers our relationship with God, 

we need to stop it right away. 

There's a lot of junk in my life 

that needs to be furtled and thrown away! 

 

One of the ways we can bless God 

is to imitate Him,-

after all, it is said that

imitation is the sincerest form

of flattery!

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