living in modern Babylon

I read these verses yesterday morning. I wish I had rehearsed them again last night. I was too overwhelmed by a crisis that I have no control over (the usual sort?)... thus my late, brief effort at thankfulness last night. I am truly thankful for many other things, people, but cannot express it all in a way that makes sense to those I cannot share the reasons why...

But I love how the difficulty of life in Babylon is answered in the very next Psalm.

How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land?
(Psalm 137:4)

I will praise thee with my whole heart:
before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
I will worship toward thy holy temple,
and praise thy name
for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth:
for thou hast magnified thy word

above all thy name.
(Psalm 138:1-2)




In the day when I cried
thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me
with strength in my soul...
The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me:
thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever:
forsake not the works of thine hands.
(Psalm 138:3, 8)

I am thankful for friends who share the desire for God to be glorified in our lives.

I am so thankful for my very own Mr. Right, who is such a picture of God's grace in my life. I am thankful for the missions preaching conference 16 years ago this month, where God got a good grip on his heart and has never let him go. That's what makes him the best husband and father and friend.