I TELL MYSELF
Today's reading: Psalm 104-106

"Praise the Lord, I tell myself; O Lord my God, how great you are!" Psalm 104:1 NLT

Just what I needed this morning.

Right out of the gate.

Before anything else filled my mind, my vision or my thoughts.

Because, sometimes, in all honesty, I have to tell myself to praise the Lord.

Oh, don't tell me I'm the only one...

Sometimes the stuff drags you down, the requests on your heart pile up and the happenings in the world weigh you down.

That's when I have to tell myself to praise the Lord.

My preacher might not be there to remind me.

I might not have my Bible in hand to bring it to my memory.

My Christian friends may all be at work, on vacation or unreachable by phone.

So, I have to tell myself.

And I have to follow through with doing it!

Because there is always something I can praise Him for.

On the darkest days.

During the scariest of storms.

When everything seems topsy-turvy.

That's when I have to tell myself to praise the Lord.

Because He is always so worthy of my praise!