Good morning. We are back in Psalms. I love the Lord, because He hears my voice and my supplications. We have a God who listens to us. The prophets of Baal whom Elijah faced cried out and cut themselves; but their god did not listen. We do not have to fear that God will turn His back on us. And so "because He has inclined His ear to me, therefore I shall call upon Him as long as I live." If He did it before, He will do it again. Sometimes when things happen, our soul gets upset. However we should say "return to your rest, oh my soul, for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you." Yes sometimes you do have to talk to your soul. After all in Psalm 103 it says bless the Lord O my soul. Our soul should be at rest continually. Why? Because He has rescued my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling. First and foremost, He saved our soul. We can take comfort in that. When our eyes were crying from hurt, He turned our mourning into laughter. Because our eyes were filled with tears, our feet stumbled, and He rescued us. I shall walk before the Lord in the land of the living. What shall I render to the Lord for all His benefits toward me? That's a good question. There is nothing we can do to repay Him except to do His will and praise Him. I shall lift up the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord. One of the greatest signs of appreciation that we can do for Him is to keep calling on Him. It shows that we trust Him to take care of us. Father thank You for dealing bountifully with the reader. His/her soul can be continually at rest because he/she trusts in You. He/she shall walk before You without his/her feet stumbling. You deal bountifully with him/her and rescued his/her soul from death.

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