Thank you, my wonderful Lord, that you do not hold anything against me, even though my iniquities are innumerable. In spite of the fact that it is very possible I have deserved the diseases I have had in the past, Your lovingkindness and compassion have overturned the diagnosis. I am free of disease, and the dis-ease which accompanies a scary diagnosis. I have walked into a room I feared, and discovered that You truly fill the room.
I am wishing for the proper eloquence to express the depth of my gratitude to God for a long life filled with good things. I think Martha Stewart coined the phrase “it’s a good thing” to market items she deemed worthy of recommending to her followers. It seems trite and not eloquent enough to refer to God’s gifts as good things…but here it is in scripture…so it must be eloquent enough to say it. Lord, all the good things have not gone unnoticed. You have satisfied my years with abundant good things. Recounting those does make my youth feel renewed. But why is that “like an eagle”? I will have to look into that…
I see clearly now that the way My soul blesses His Holy Name is by thanking Him, in detail, for all the great things He has done…just as David listed, in detail, all God’s wondrous gifts in the preceding verses. Lord, may I never cease to bless your Holy name by recounting back to You all the great things you have done. As David sets the example, I will exhort myself, remind myself, to be mindful of the importance of blessing God. May it be as a part of me as breathing.