Let all that I am praise the Lord;
may I never forget the good things he
does for me.
vs. 2
David
was not saying
“soul
(mind, will, emotions)
if
you want to”
David
said . . .“never forget . . .”
Never forget . . .
He forgives all my sins
He heals all my diseases.
He redeems me from death
He crowns me with love and tender
mercies.
He fills my life with good things.
My youth is renewed like the eagle’s!
He is compassionate
He is merciful,
He is slow to get angry
He is filled with unfailing love.
He does not punish us for all our
sins;
He does not deal
harshly with us, as we deserve
He has removed our sins as far from us
as the east is from the west.
How
different my life would be
if
I began each day . . .
remembering!
But
tucked into this Psalm of blessing
are these two verses
like thorns on a rose . . .
Our days on earth are like grass;
like wildflowers, we bloom and die.
The wind blows, and we are gone—
as though we had never been here.
vs. 15-16
As
an amateur gardener
I
love to watch
and
photograph
the
full cycle of flowers
especially
roses . . .
from
tiny
bud
to maturing
of the bud
to unfolding
of the flower
the full
beauty
the
fading flower
and dropping of petals
like a rose
our
natural life is
delicate
fragile
temporary
verse
16 says
when
we are gone it will be
as
though
we
have never been here
I
am challenged by this Psalm . . .
First,
to remember
all
the good the Lord has done for me!
Second,
how am I living my life on this earth?
I don't want it to be
as though I had never been on this earthThird, is my legacy
like a flower in the wind?
or
eternal?
Psalm 103
New Living Translation
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