To Be...Aware of God's Goodness and Acknowledge Him

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Snowy days remind me of God's covering.

January 19
"Only when you are overwhelmed with the goodness of God can you overflow with the goodness of God to others." Ann Voskamp

"These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world."  John 16:33

Read out loud just a few of these thoughts about who God is in Psalm 104. Your heart can't help but thrill when you contemplate that God chose you to experience life. Yes, its full of ups and downs, but its an temporary experience He chose to give us. May we acknowledge Him!

"O my soul, bless God!  God, my God, how great you are! Beautifully, gloriously robed, dressed up in sunshine, and all heaven stretched out for your tent.  You built your palace on the ocean deeps, made a chariot out of  clouds and took off on wind-wings.  You commandeered winds as messengers, appointed fire and flame as ambassadors.  You set earth on a firm foundation so that nothing can shake it, ever.  You blanketed earth with ocean, covered mountains with deep waters; then you roared and the water ran away-your thunder crash put it to flight.  Mountains pushed up, valleys spread out in the places you assigned them.  You set boundaries between earth and sea; never again will earth be flooded. You started the springs and rivers, sent them flowing among the hills. All the wild animals now drink their fill, wild donkeys quench their thirst. Along the riverbanks the birds build nests, ravens make their voices heard.  You water the mountains from your heavenly cisterns; earth is supplied with plenty of water. You make grass grow for the livestock, hay for the animals that plow the ground."  Psalm 104:1-14 MSG

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