Like many of you, I am travelling this week to be with family for the celebration of Thanksgiving.  I continue to be amazed at how richly God has blessed me, allowing me to be able to do this.

Of course, I know my greatest blessing is found in Jesus. He took the initiative, He did all the work, so that I could be rescued from the death and destruction my sins deserve. So to get myself in the proper mindset for giving thanks, I have been reading some of the Psalms. I share one with you today to hopefully get you into the attitude of gratitude as well.

Psalm 149  ¹ Praise the Lord. Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise in the assembly of the saints. ² Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the people of Zion be glad in their King. ³ Let them praise his name with dancing and make music to him with tambourine and harp. ⁴ For the Lord takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with salvation. ⁵ Let the saints rejoice in this honor and sing for joy on their beds. ⁶ May the praise of God be in their mouths and a double-edged sword in their hands, ⁷ to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples, ⁸ to bind their kings with fetters, their nobles with shackles of iron, ⁹ to carry out the sentence written against them. This is the glory of all his saints. Praise the Lord.

Let’s sing God’s praises so loudly with our words and our lives that those who don’t yet know Him as Lord and Savior will wonder what all the fuss is about, and we can tell them about our Jesus.