Today is Thursday, November 9th, 2006; Karen's Korner #929

Sometimes people take a portion of the Bible; turn the words into their own prayer back to God.
 
As we get closer to Thanksgiving Day, I have done that with a chapter of Psalms. When the written words may have said, "the Lord", I have made it more personal and changed it to "You".
 
We are thankful; if we aren't, we need to be:
 

Psalms 103 

 

“I bless Your Holy Name, O God, with all my heart.

Yes, I will bless You, Lord, and not forget the glorious things You do for me. 

 

You forgive all my sins.

You heal me.

You ransom me from hell.

You surround me with lovingkindness and tender mercies.

You fill my life with good things!

My youth is renewed like the eagle’s!

You give justice to all are treated unfairly.

 

You revealed Your will and nature to Moses,

to the people of Israel, and to us todayl.

            You are merciful and tender toward those who don’t deserve it;

You are slow to get angry and full of kindness and love.

You never bear a grudge, nor remain angry forever.

 

You have not punished us as we deserve for all our sins,

for Your mercy toward those of us who fear and honor You

is great as the height of the heavens above the earth.

 

You have removed our sins as far away from us as the east is from the west.

You are like a father to us, tender and sympathetic to those who reverence You.

For You know we are but dust,

and that our days are few and brief, like grass, like flowers,

blown by the wind and gone forever.

 

            But your lovingkindness is from everlasting to everlasting,

to those who reverence You;

Your salvation is to children’s children of those who are faithful to Your covenant

and remember to obey You!

 

            You, O Lord, have made the heavens Your throne;

from there You rule over everything there is.

Bless You, Lord,

Your mighty angels carry out Your orders,

listening for each of Your commands.

 

Yes, we bless You, Lord;

bless Your armies of angels who serve You constantly.

            Let everything, everywhere, bless You, Lord.
I bless You, too, Lord!”

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