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Sunday Psalms;

Psalms 147:1-7 CEB

Praise the LORD! Because it is good to sing praise to our God! Because it is a pleasure to make beautiful praise!  The LORD rebuilds Jerusalem, 
gathering up Israel's exiles.
God heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.
God counts the stars by number, giving each one a name.
Our Lord is great and so strong! 
Gods knowledge can't be grasped!
The LORD helps the poor, 
but throws the wicked down on the dirt!
Sing to the LORD with thanks; 
sing praises to our God with a lyre!  
Psalms 147:1-7 CEB
The first part of this song is a skim the highlights of why David has reason to praise God:
It's a good thing for him, lifts his spirit, improves his well-being.
He sees God gathering in the lost, and the intimate closeness of healing the broken hearted, of bandaging up the wounds of those who have been harmed. 
Then he jumps to how big and different God is to him, and then back to God's character, His heart for the poor, His heart for justice, and then back to singing!
These are David's word pictures of his reasons to praise - are they yours?
Mine?
Ours?
Psalms invites us to share in the writers story, but also to write our own, our own reasons to praise...
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#writeyourownsong 
#reasonstopraise

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