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Morning Thanks

 

Enter into His gates with thanksgiving and into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him and bless His name. Psalm 100:4

 

Unlike my mother who loves to get up early and greet the sunrise, I am not a morning person; never have been, but wish I were. As a young man, I would stay up late and get up late. As an older man, still tired from my stem cell transplant, I go to bed early and still sleep late.  But I have learned that whenever I get up it is best to greet the day with thanks.

 

Giving thanks prepares the mind and the body for the day. It sets the filter through which we greet the day, our circumstances, and our God. Instead of starting with a sigh, “Good Lord, it’s morning,” try, “Good Lord! It’s morning!”

 

Psalm 100

A psalm. For giving grateful praise.

Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.
    Worship the Lord with gladness;
    come before him with joyful songs.
Know that the Lord is God.
    It is he who made us, and we are his;
    we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

Enter his gates with thanksgiving
    and his courts with praise;
    give thanks to him and praise his name.
For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;
    his faithfulness continues through all generations.