You are my God, and I will give thanks to you; you are my God, I will extol you. 29 O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, or his steadfast love endures forever. – Psalm 118:28-29
For those who may be wondering, today is Friday. I only remind you, because I find Samantha and I reminding each other all the time, what day it is, or questioning what day it is. There was a time when Friday was the day to relax from the week, to unwind, and to be prepared for the coming Sunday, day of church and worship. Now, we just call each day “today” they all seem the same, but the beauty of each day being the same, is that each day is a day of praise, of worship, and there are moments in each of our “today’s” that have helped us to have a hope in a better tomorrow.
Today, we read in the 118th Psalm, that the steadfast love of the lord endures forever. Again, and again we hear that phrase from the psalmists, they want us to always remember that even today, no matter how good, or how ill, how up or how down; today is a day that the steadfast love of the Lord endures. The steadfast love of the Lord endures forever. This phrase is a victory chant of Israel not for anything that they have, but because they know that everything good comes form the Lord their God.
Today, as we come to a close of the first week of Easter, we know that the Lord who raised Jesus from the dead, who is raising us to eternal life with Christ, is the Lord whose steadfast love endures forever. Today gets to be a day when we proclaim, and acknowledge that love. The love that lifted us from the depths into life abundant and eternal.
I hope you remind someone, today, of the steadfast love of the Lord, that you remind someone of the joy of Easter that resides in your heart. May we all speak words of encouragement, grace, and love to anyone whom we speak. Perhaps remind your spouse, or your children, that the steadfast love of the Lord endures forever, and though we are stuck together, apart from others, that same steadfast love will see us through. The steadfast love of God did not abandon Jesus to the grave, nor will it abandon us now, for such love does endure forever uplifting our hearts even now to pursue life, to share life, to be united in God’s love separately until such love gathers us together again.
Praise be to God for today, one of the infinite “today’s” in which his steadfast love endures; for his love endures forever. Amen.
Grace & Peace,
Sam