For so many of us this is a very very favorite Psalm :heartbeat: -
Praise for the LORD'S Mercies.
A Psalm of David.
Psalm 103:1 Bless the LORD, O my soul,
And all that is within me, bless His holy name.
2 Bless the LORD, O my soul,
And forget none of His benefits;
3 Who pardons all your iniquities,
Who heals all your diseases;
4 Who redeems your life from the pit,
Who crowns you with lovingkindness and compassion;
5 Who satisfies your years with good things,
So that your youth is renewed like the eagle.
6 The LORD performs righteous deeds
And judgments for all who are oppressed.
7 He made known His ways to Moses,
His acts to the sons of Israel.
8 The LORD is compassionate and gracious,
Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.
9 He will not always strive with us,
Nor will He keep His anger forever.
10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins,
Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear Him.
12 As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He removed our transgressions from us.
13 Just as a father has compassion on his children,
So the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
14 For He Himself knows our frame;
He is mindful that we are but dust.
15 As for man, his days are like grass;
As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
16 When the wind has passed over it, it is no more,
And its place acknowledges it no longer.
17 But the lovingkindness of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him,
And His righteousness to children's children,
18 To those who keep His covenant
And remember His precepts to do them.
19 The LORD has established His throne in the heavens,
And His sovereignty rules over all.
20 Bless the LORD, you His angels,
Mighty in strength, who perform His word,
Obeying the voice of His word!
21 Bless the LORD, all you His hosts,
You who serve Him, doing His will.
22 Bless the LORD, all you works of His,
In all places of His dominion;
Bless the LORD, O my soul!
How awe-inspiring; how faith-building it is for us to realize, that even though God knows we are "but dust", He undeniably loves those "obeying the voice of His word" - we, His children, who are created in His image, all to His praise and glory!
:heartbeat: Isaiah 64:8
But now, O LORD, You are our Father,
We are the clay, and You our potter;
And all of us are the work of Your hand.
:heartbeat: John 10:27
"My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me;
:heartbeat: Romans 5:8
But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
:heartbeat: Ephesians 2:4-5
But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
:heartbeat: 1 John 3:1
See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we would be called children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.
:heartbeat: Romans 8:39
NOTHING!... will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. :heartbeat:
(I can't believe it, but the month of June is OVER! Time, it is a-flyin'!)
Much love to you, friends, from
Your sister in Christ, Willa :heartbeat: