“If nothing comes to me, I will not seek out trouble. But if something comes to me, I will not be afraid either. Managing life is all about finding appropriate ways to fight troubles that come your way. If you’re always worried and frightened, there’s no fun in living.”

From the Story of Yanxi Palace episode 42

 

April 1, 2023

Psalm 119:62 ¶ At midnight I will rise to give thanks to You, Because of Your righteous judgments.

There is no bad time

to give thanks

This is a good time

to give thanks

 

“I don’t write about grace and hope because I have them, but because I NEED them!!!” Ron Ramsey

 

March 31, 2023

Psalm 118:29 Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.

God is good

We are not

God is merciful

We are not

Thank you God

for Who you are

 

March 30, 2023

Psalm 118:1 ¶ Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.

Give thanks to God when you don’t want to

Give thanks to God when you don’t have

Give thanks to God when you are in need

Give thanks to God for what you do have

Give thanks to God for what you don’t have

Give thanks to God for everything you need

The God who cares for the birds of the air

cares for you

The God who make the path for the sun

will guide you

The God who holds Creation in His hand

holds onto you

 

“Be sober minded, or you won’t even know how you ended up dead,”

From The Rebel Princess episode 5

 

March 29, 2023

Psalm 107:1 ¶ Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.

I should give thanks to God

because God is good

God does not just do good

but God alone is good

 

Even if I think God doesn’t exist

God deserves all praise

Even if others steal my dignity

God deserves all praise

Even if I have little or nothing

God deserves all praise

Even if hate, despise and hurt

God deserves all praise

March 26,2023

 

March 28, 2023

Psalm 106:47 Save us, O LORD our God, And gather us from among the Gentiles, To give thanks to Your holy name, To triumph in Your praise.

God save us

God gather us

To give thanks

To give praise

 

God saved me

I walked away

God healed me

I loved decay

God offered life

I chose death

March 26,2023

 

March 27, 2023

Psalm 106:1 ¶ Praise the LORD! Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.

I need mercy

Need to receive

Need to give

Need to live

 

The world is heartless

Is heaven heartless also

why do the weak suffer

Why does evil not pay

Why is life valueless

Why is hope hopeless

The world is heartless

Heaven is not heartless

God can redeem what man lost!!!

God can redeem even lost man!!!

March 26,2023

 

March 26, 2023

Psalm 105:1 ¶ Oh, give thanks to the LORD! Call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples!

Give thanks

Call upon

Make known

To everyone

 

March 25, 2023

Psalm 97:12 Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous, And give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name.

In God we must rejoice

In righteousness rejoice

In thanksgiving rejoice

In God’s name rejoice

 

March 24, 2023

Psalm 92:1 ¶ «A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath day.» It is good to give thanks to the LORD, And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;

Sing your song everyday

Give thanks to God today

Sing praises to God’s name

O Most High bless Your name

 

March 23, 2023

Psalm 79:13 So we, Your people and sheep of Your pasture, Will give You thanks forever; We will show forth Your praise to all generations.

Like sheep we bleat

while living in defeat

If God shepherds ways

sheep will offer praise

 

March 22, 2023

Psalm 75:1 ¶ «To the Chief Musician. Set to “Do Not Destroy.” A Psalm of Asaph. A Song.» We give thanks to You, O God, we give thanks! For Your wondrous works declare that Your name is near.

Please do not destroy me

God

Thanks for not destroying me

God

 

March 21, 2023

Psalm 35:18 I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among many people.

I must stand

before all others

to give to God

thanks and praise

 

March 20, 2023

Psalm30:12 To the end that my glory may sing praise to You and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks to You forever.

Though I bite my tongue

Though I seal my lips

Though my throat is raw

I must forever thank God

I must sing Your praise

I must never be silent

 

March 19, 2023

Psalm 30:4 Sing praise to the LORD, You saints of His, And give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name.

“This do in remembrance of me.”

We must never forget God’s name\

We must never forget God’s grace

We must never forget God’s love

 

March 18, 2023

Psalm 18:49 Therefore I will give thanks to You, O LORD, among the Gentiles, And sing praises to Your name.

Who are the gentiles in your neighborhood

The people who need God’s hope in life

The people whom Jesus came to give life

The people you will meet each day

 

March 17, 2023

Psalm 6:5 For in death there is no remembrance of You; In the grave who will give You thanks?

Have I lived

until I die

Or will I die

not having lived

 

March 16, 2023

Nehemiah 12:40 So the two thanksgiving choirs stood in the house of God, likewise I and the half of the rulers with me;

Without Jesus we are one

all alone in who we are

With Jesus we become us

united in who we are

 

March 15, 2023

Nehemiah 12:38 The other thanksgiving choir went the opposite way, and I was behind them with half of the people on the wall, going past the Tower of the Ovens as far as the Broad Wall,

Jesus is THE way

and not a way

We follow Jesus

for we are lost

 

Nehemiah 12:38 The other thanksgiving choir went the opposite way, and I was behind them with half of the people on the wall, going past the Tower of the Ovens as far as the Broad Wall,

 

March 14, 2023

Join a thanksgiving choir

A smiling thanksgiving choir

United as a thanksgiving choir

Moving as a thanksgiving choir

 

Nehemiah 12:38 The other thanksgiving choir went the opposite way, and I was behind them with half of the people on the wall, going past the Tower of the Ovens as far as the Broad Wall,

 

March 13, 2023

Sing to God

Old songs

New songs

Your songs

 

Nehemiah12:31 So I brought the leaders of Judah up on the wall, and appointed two large thanksgiving choirs. One went to the right hand on the wall toward the Refuse Gate.

 

March 12, 2023

Will I be remembered

How will I be remembered

By who will I be remembered

Will I be remembered

 

Nehemiah 12:24 And the heads of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers across from them, to praise and give thanks, group alternating with group, according to the command of David the man of God.

 

March 11, 2023

God is good

God is merciful

Praise God

Thank Good

 

Ezra 3:11 And they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the LORD: “For He is good, For His mercy endures forever toward Israel.” Then all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.

 

March 10, 2023

Let us come together

Let us come together to praise

Let us come together to praise God

Let us come together to praise and thank God

 

 2Chronicles 31:2 And Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites according to their divisions, each man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and peace offerings, to serve, to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the camp of the LORD.

March 9, 2023

We are chosen

Chosen by name

To thank God

Who is merciful

 

1Chronicles 16:41 and with them Heman and Jeduthun and the rest who were chosen, who were designated by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because His mercy endures forever;

 

March 8, 2023

“Open mine eyes”

so I can see

Your blessings

surrounding me

 

1Chronicles 16:35 And say, “Save us, O God of our salvation; Gather us together, and deliver us from the Gentiles, To give thanks to Your holy name, To triumph in Your praise.”

 

March 7, 2023

The world is in turmoil

God blesses the world

My life is in turmoil

God please bless me

 

1Chronicles 16:34 Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.

 

March 6, 2023

Rising up

Falling down

The sun

Or me

 

1Chronicles 16:8 Oh, give thanks to the LORD! Call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples!

 

 March 5, 2023

To be thankful

is to see what you have

To be thankful

is to enjoy what you have

To be thankful

is to share what you have

To be thankful

is to love God who provided it

2Samuel 22:50 Therefore I will give thanks to You, O LORD, among the Gentiles, And sing praises to Your name.

 

March 4, 2023

The sun rises

see God’s creation

see God’s glory

see God’s love

 

1Ch 25:3 Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp to give thanks and to praise the LORD.

 

March 3, 2023

The birds sing forming a choir

praising He who created them

He who daily provides for them

God who loves and cares for them

 

Revelation 16:9 And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues; and they did not repent and give Him glory.

 

March 2, 2023

It is a fearsome thing to anger God

for a child who God created of sod

 

Revelation 15:8 The temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power, and no one was able to enter the temple till the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.

 

March 1, 2023

Fear God

Glorify God

Worship God

Love God

 

Revelation 14:7 saying with a loud voice, “Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.”

 

February 28, 2023

If someone is to be my judge

the fairest is for God to judge

 

Revelation 14:7 saying with a loud voice, “Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.”

 

February 27, 2023

Do we fear

God not near

Or do we fear

God is near

 

Revelation 11:13 In the same hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. In the earthquake seven thousand people were killed, and the rest were afraid and gave glory to the God of heaven.

 

February 26, 2023

Pain the “gift” that keeps on giving

if not careful keep us from living

 

Revelation 7:12 saying: “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom, Thanksgiving and honor and power and might, Be to our God forever and ever. Amen.”

 

February 25, 2023

Is it really death we fear

when our life’s end is near

Or when life’s end is near

we never lived is our fear

 

Revelation 1:6 and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

 

 February 24, 2023

Are we just a mistake or created by God

just endless mutations or loving touch

mathematically impossible or miracle

are we just meaningless or meaningful

1Peter 5:10 ¶ But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

 

February 23, 2023

The wind seems to sigh passing through the trees

each branch and leaf is gently caressed by it

and they dance in response to the winds touch

each dance unites and forms a wondrous show