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Thank you for Loving me (Psalm 36:5-6)

Scripture of the Day: Psalm 36:5-6

 Your love, oh Lord
Reaches to the heavens
Your faithfulness stretches to the sky
Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains
Your justice flows like the ocean's tide

Yesterday as my family was listening to the radio, the above words from Psalm 36 came on the radio in one of my favorite Third Day songs (check out http://thirdday.com/songs/your-love-oh-lord#lyricdesc if you want to see more of the lyrics or listen!) and I realized that it had been a while since I wrote a devotion just praising God for His love for us.

 My second nudge this might be a good topic came when we were at church and they played a song I hadn't heard in years, but one that I used to listen to over and over again when I first became a Christian. The song is called "Came to my Rescue" and those lyrics that I used to sing with my windows down, praising the Lord are: "In my life, be lifted high. In our world, be lifted high. In our love, be lifted high."

 I used to be really excited about God loving me and super thankful that He did. I used to sing my praises out to Him as loud as I could, with tears of joy and gladness streaming down my face. Really, when you think about it, what kind of other love do you have in your life that reaches to the heavens? What other kind of love is so faithful it reaches to the sky? God's love is the only love that is like that!

 But along the way, I sometimes take God's love for granted and I forget to thank him for it. And although I know he understands and forgives me for my multitudes of sin, sometimes I think he just wants to be loved in return - and hear a little "thank you."

Well here goes - Thank you, Lord, for loving me! Thank you for your love and your faithfulness and your righteousness and your justice! Thank you for loving me when I seem most unlovable. Thank you for using praise music to remind just how much you love me and for letting me know that not only must we relish in your love - we must send it back to you once a while! Don't let me ever forget to be thankful. Don't let my heart become okay with going through my daily life without thanking you for each and every second. Help me be as excited in my faith today as I was when You first called me! Every once and I while we may need to reminded to have that faith like a child so we do not grow stagnant in our praise and worship of you...so please keep sending reminders - we need them! Amen.

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