Thoughts from Psalm 103
This morning I read from Psalm 103 and I was amazed at how it spoke to my heart. As usual I was writing in my prayer journal and I got distracted. I read on Facebook about two friends who were emotionally hurting. I wrote words of comfort and went back to writing in my journal and God spoke to me to write so others could read words of comfort from this Psalm. Scripture quoted in this post will be from New Living Translation and will be in italics.
1Let all that I am praise the Lord, with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name.
2Let all that I am praise the Lord; may I never forget the good things he does for me.
As I sit here this morning my body just hurts from fibromyalgia and I do not feel like praising the Lord until I got to verse two. may I never forget the good things he does for me.
The word “does” here is in present tense. That means God is doing good things for me right now. What good things? God is comforting me with a fan blowing on me and a heating pad on my back. He gives me a comfortable bed and food in the fridge. He also gives me a job to pay for the things I need. I argue with God over the last one all the time because of the pain the job causes me, but He reminds me it is not forever. Retirement is coming soon!
3He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases.
Forgiveness is awesome! I find comfort in knowing I am forgiven. The Lord may not heal all my diseases, but it may not be in His will for me to be healed but I find comfort from the next verse.
4He redeems me from death and crowns me with love and tender mercies.
His redeeming love and mercy are both day to day and for eternity. Every day God has mercy on me, a sinner, and lovingly go with me through each day. He also has a future planned for me with Him because I have accepted His loving gift of His Son who died for me. I find comfort in these words.
5He fills my life with good things. My youth is renewed like the eagle’s!
Ah! The good things! There are so many it is hard to list them. He renews me every day. This morning I was reading on Facebook how my friend was in such despair she was feeling physical pain from it. I spoke words of comfort about how I deal with despair. I told her reading the Bible, prayer and going to church or surrounding myself with friends helps me when I am at my lowest. God reminded me of the good things of His Word, prayer and friendship. While my body still hurts and is weary, my soul is renewed. Comforting!
6The Lord gives righteousness and justice to all who are treated unfairly.
Some say this is not always true, but I am reminded of Romans 8:28 And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.
I cannot explain why bad things happen, but I know I love God and am called. He oversees my life. I seek comfort in Him knowing He has a plan. I trust in Him!
8The Lord is compassionate and merciful, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love
I find comfort in knowing God is compassionate and merciful!
11For his unfailing love toward those who fear him is as great as the height of the heavens above the earth.
When you look through a powerful telescope you can see millions of stars and galaxies It does not seem to end but goes on forever. That is how much love God has for those who fear Him. Wow! Comforting!
You can read the rest of the chapter and the parts I skipped over at https://www.bible.com/bible/116/PSA.103.NLT
It is a Bible app and website I have on all my devices and it is free! I find comfort knowing I have the Bible with me wherever I go. I end this with the final verse from Psalm 103
Let all that I am praise the Lord.
I hope these select verses help you find comfort in whatever you are going through. Comment below if you need prayer. I pray every morning in my prayer journal and would be happy to include you. Do not feel you need to be specific God knows your needs and I do not need to know.
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Love this and love this Psalm. Especially when he tells us not to forget all the good things he does for us and proceeds to list them out (I need that). Its so important in this time to go back to those things that I call the “steady eddies” The never changing truths and moments. Thanks for this post. Very encouraging to me. Oh, and glad to read someone else gets distracted through their prayer journal time (ha!).
I’m always apologizing to God for this but sometimes it seems like He wants me to stop, write a blog post about something, and go back to the journal. Yesterday was one of those days. God speaks through me and to me on those occasions. Thanks Beth!
I love this!! You are so right! I feel like I just had a warm hug from God reading your words. Keep it up!
I am so glad you can find comfort from these Bible verses for the fibromyalgia. I deal with that too!
I found god a year ago and I take great comfort in knowing that he has a plan for me and that he forgives me of my former sins. I try to live a better and different life now. This was a lovely read, thank you. 🙂
I love this Psalm and once did a choreographed dance to it. Thank you for the reminder of the Lord’s goodness to us.
I love reading the Psalms for encouragement and will often use them as prayer. Thanks for the reminder!
The psalms are so encouraging and comforting!
Thank you for the words of comfort!
Beautifully written post! One o my all-time favorite psalms! I think and pray on it almost every day!
Thank you for sharing. I think there can be times when we take what we do have for granted instead of appreciating it.
Wonderful scriptures to meditate on. Thanks for sharing!
Faith is the cornerstone to my life and I always find it ironic or better stated divine intervention that I end up finding what I need in the most unexpected places. Thanks for sharing.
This is a great positive message of hope! Thanks for sharing!
This was a lovely read. Thank you
Thank you for sharing.
A good reminder.
Beautiful post! Thank you for sharing, it is so important to find comfort in God in times like this
We serve an awesome God!
Sometimes I wonder if He heals all my diseases is meant that He either heals them here on earth or in Heaven, because if we’re in Heaven our diseases an ailments are all healed.
Comforting words when they are needed; I have always have believed in strength in numbers and appreciate your willingness to add others to your daily prayers!
My father-in-love sings a great song about this: Thank you for the things that I never thank you for. It’s so easy to see the bad and not the blessings!
What a fabulous post! You are absolutely correct! Great encouragement and very well written! Thank you for a necessary reminder!
I applaud you for your belief system
I miss being at Mass, I find so much comfort from these psalms
Sometimes bible verses really speak to what you’re going through that particular day, good read!
Thank you for this. We all need some extra comfort these days!
“May I never forget the things He has done for me” – so powerful.
Very timely, I think a lot of people are looking for comfort right now.
It’s always so relaxing and a forced to to reflect when I read your posts. Thanks for doing this!!