Psalm 103:1-5 (NLT) – you should really read this. It’s good.
I am renewed thinking and meditating on all the Lord has done for me. “Let all that I am praise the Lord…” is a repeated phrase all throughout the 103rd Psalm. I’ve been thinking of this passage since I read it this morning. It’s been gnawing at me… penetrating beneath the exterior and seeping into the depths of my heart.
v2 “… may I never forget the good things he does for me.” I am a very forgetful person. How difficult it is to remember all that He has done. Why does it seem so easy to remember the bad stuff or the stuff He doesn’t do? He has been good to me… very good. Why he has, I’ll never fully understand.
What does it mean to praise him with “all that I am”? I fear if I try to answer this now, it will only be a surface, “Christian” answer. There is so much more meat on this bone. This is going to take some time to digest….
Dwelling on and keeping ourselves mindful of gratefulness is a great way to praise the Lord.
Hope you don’t mind me sharing my take on gratefulness.
http://novice101.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/now-is-as-good-a-time-as-any-for-gratefulness