Thankful Even for the Air I Breath

Psalm 13:6 "I will sing to the Lord, for He has dealt with me bountifully."

Did you catch those words? As I look at that verse, I see two words that stand out immensely: "sing" and "bountifully." Beyond this, I see a word that everything revolves around: "Lord."

"I will sing to the Lord..."

Why?

"(for) He has dealt with me"

and how has He dealt with me?

"bountifully"

Lest you feel like life's just not that great or you'd rather sit in a corner pouting about your circumstances, I'd like to take this chance to encourage you to praise God. Praise Him for a voice. Praise Him for a mind to think. Praise Him for thoughts to express. Praise Him for hair and for skin and for smiles and for daylight. Praise Him for comfort and praise Him for pain. Yes, pain. It does accentuate the times in life that it does not come to the forefront, does it not? Praise Him for nice people, praise Him for difficult people--He uses both to make you like Him. Praise Him for being above our comprehension, and praise Him for condescending to us to make Himself known and understood through His Son and through the Word. Praise Him for your eyes--you couldn't even read these words without them. And if you're hearing these words spoken or even reading this in braille, praise Him that He allows you to channel communication and understand it. Praise Him for abundance and praise Him for poverty--we find Him in both, and sometimes we see Him easier in the latter. Praise Him for life and praise Him for death. Praise Him for prayers answered and praise Him for prayers that seem untouched. Praise Him for His perfection and praise Him that even our imperfections can help us recognize how vastly less we are from Him--the chasm is infinite. Praise Him for sending His Son and praise Him for His love. Praise Him for newborn babies and praise Him for loved ones in their last moments. Praise Him for hope and praise Him for never leaving us hopeless. Praise Him for blue skies and praise Him for rainy days. Praise Him because He's God and there is no other, there is no one like Him, there is none who can compare. Praise Him--and be thankful even for the air you breath.