"The earth is full of the goodness of the LORD."
Look around you. Do you see God's beauty all over the place? I am sitting on the back deck of our house, and I am soaking-up the amaz-
ing wonder of this situation, and the splendor of this lovely day. The earth really is "full of the goodness of the Lord." Of course, there is a much more profound sense in which this is true: and that is in the spiritual/moral realm.
As believing churchmen, let us never "short-change" God with regard to His worship, by disdaining this life. Some misguided religious people think doing this is somehow "God-honoring." Wherever Jesus is, there is grace, glory, and heaven. Is He in your life and church, by grace? Then you have a lot to be thankful for!
[Puritan quote of the day: "Nothing should displease us that pleases God; neither should anything be pleasing to us that displeases Him."
--Richard Sibbes, in, "The Soul's Conflict with Itself"]
