May the God of living hope fill you up with joy, fill you up with peace, so that your believing lives, filled with the life-giving energy of the Holy Spirit, will brim over with hope! Romans 15:13
God's resplendent glory fully on display on the Isle of Skye, photo by Catherine Libeert
God's Constant Love
Psalm 107:1-16, Passion Translation
Let everyone give all their praise and thanks to the Lord!
For here's why -- He's better than anyone could ever imagine.
Yes, He's always so loving and kind, and it never ends.
So, go ahead -- let everyone know it!
Tell the world how He broke through and delivered you from the power of darkness and has gathered us together from all over the world.
He has set us free to be His very own!
Some of us once wandered in the wilderness like desert nomads with no true direction or dwelling place.
Starving, thirsting, staggering we became desperate and filled with despair.
Then we cried out, "Lord, help us! Rescue us!" And He did!
He led us right into a place of safety and abundance, a suitable city to dwell in.
So lift up your hands and thank God for His marvelous kindness and for all of His miracles of mercy for those He loves.
How He satisfies the souls of thirsty ones and fills the hungry with all that is good!
Some of us once sat in darkness, living in the dark shadows of death.
We were prisoners to our pain, chained to our regrets.
For we rebelled against God's Word and rejected the wise counsel of God Most High.
So He humbled us through our circumstances, watching us as we stumbled with no one there to pick us back up.
Our own pain became our punishment.
Then we cried out, "Lord, help us! Rescue us!" And He did!
His light broke through the darkness and He led us out in freedom from death's dark shadow and snapped every one of our chains.
So lift your hands and give thanks to God for His marvelous kindness and for His miracles of mercy for those He loves!
For He smashed through heavy prison doors and shattered the steel bars that held us back,
Just to set us free!