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When I was younger, and first starting to read the Bible, I didn’t find the Book of Psalms to be as fascinating as my elders described it to be. Although Psalms speaks about the greatness of God, I didn’t understand the significance of these writings in His people’s daily lives. Furthermore, they didn’t offer any practical advice on how to deal with problems (the way Proverbs does).

Now that I am older, and have experienced some challenges of my own, I learned that no matter how much I try to solve some problems, they will never go away; at least not by my own strength.

It is now that I truly understand and appreciate Psalms. When there are so many tumultuous events happening around us, like a storm over raging seas, we have one of two choices to make: Either 1) focus on the hopelessness of our situations and how helpless we are in them, or 2) focus on God and His enduring love.

If you are enduring a particularly challenging time in your life, I hope Psalm 136, my favorite psalm, will encourage you today.

Psalm 136 (KJV)

¹ Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good.
His love endures forever.
² Give thanks to the God of gods.
His love endures forever.
³ Give thanks to the Lord of lords:
His love endures forever.

⁴ to Him who alone does great wonders,
His love endures forever.
⁵ who by His understanding made the heavens,
His love endures forever.
⁶ who spread out the earth upon the waters,
His love endures forever.
⁷ who made the great lights—
His love endures forever.
⁸ the sun to govern the day,
His love endures forever.
⁹ the moon and stars to govern the night;
His love endures forever.

¹⁰ to Him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt
His love endures forever.
¹¹ and brought Israel out from among them
His love endures forever.
¹² with a mighty hand and outstretched arm;
His love endures forever.

¹³ to Him who divided the Red Sea^[a] asunder
His love endures forever.
¹⁴ and brought Israel through the midst of it,
His love endures forever.
¹⁵ but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea;
His love endures forever.

¹⁶ to Him who led his people through the wilderness;
His love endures forever.

¹⁷ to Him who struck down great kings,
His love endures forever.
¹⁸ and killed mighty kings—
His love endures forever.
¹⁹ Sihon king of the Amorites
His love endures forever.
²⁰ and Og king of Bashan—
His love endures forever.
²¹ and gave their land as an inheritance,
His love endures forever.
²² an inheritance to his servant Israel.
His love endures forever.

²³ He remembered us in our low estate
His love endures forever.
²⁴ and freed us from our enemies.
His love endures forever.
²⁵ He gives food to every creature.
His love endures forever.

²⁶ Give thanks to the God of heaven.
His love endures forever.

Peace of our Lord Jesus be upon you my Christ Family!