Give thanks to the Lord for he is good,
For his love endures for ever
(Ps 118:1)
For his love endures for ever
(Ps 118:1)
This verse is from the first psalm prayed by the universal church every second and fourth Sunday of the Psalter. Throughout the psalm the psalmist gives praise and thanks to the Lord for the wonders he has done to him and his people of the Old Testament.
For me at a personal level, I am able to relate with the goodness and the enduring love of the Lord but there was still a longing to express this love and goodness of the Lord from my very own, intimate and personal encounter of the Lord that I spent sometime praying just this one verse in the silence of my heart. It was then I was drawn to gaze at the crucifix.
In that crucifix I recalled the power of love, the Father's love for the world, for us; the Son's love for us and his obedient and faithful love for the Father. It was a painful and bloody scene but love was simply oozing out beyond space and time. The act of God, boundless, beyond space and time has, is and continues to invite us to enter and partake in this realm of love and live a life of faithfulness.
So as we enter into a relationship with him through the praying of this psalm let us enter the realm of the love of our God, take delight in his enduring love and radiate it to all we encounter today. Together let us, give thanks to the Lord for he is good, for his love endures for ever. Emmanuel.
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Stay tuned for the next post by Bro Joseph Zhang on 13th Oct 2009.
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