What is God
like? How does he see you? Sometimes we need a reminder. Here is a good one: Psalm 103.
“Praise the
Lord, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the Lord, O
my soul, and forget not all his benefits — who forgives all your sins and heals
all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love
and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth
is renewed like the eagle’s.
“The Lord
works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed. He made known his ways
to Moses, his deeds to the people of Israel: The Lord is compassionate and
gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. He will not always accuse, nor will
he harbor his anger forever; He does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay
us according to our iniquities.
“For as
high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who
fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our
transgressions from us. As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord
has compassion on those who fear him; for he knows how we are formed, he
remembers that we are dust.
“As for
man, his days are like grass, he flourishes like a flower of the field; the
wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more.
“But from
everlasting to everlasting the Lord’s love is with those who fear him and his
righteousness with their children’s children — with those who keep his covenant
and remember to obey his precepts. The Lord has established his throne in
heaven, and his kingdom rules over all.
“Praise the
Lord, you his angels, you mighty ones who do his bidding, who obey his word. Praise
the Lord, all his heavenly hosts, you his servants who do his will. Praise the
Lord, all his works everywhere in his dominion.
Praise the Lord, O my soul.”
I cannot
say it better than that.
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