Some Good News

Today, I think we can all use a little bit of good news. 

Let’s face it, the news of the day doesn't seem to be all that enlightening. It could be down right depressing. Sometimes it is. Sometimes I have to change the channel just to find something that doesn't make me feel so depressed. 

Some of those times, I actually turn off my TV, put my iPad down and open up my Bible. 

I then read passages like this one, taken from Psalm 100:

Shout with joy to the Lord, all the earth!

2 Worship the Lord with gladness. Come before him, singing with joy.

3 Acknowledge that the Lord is God! He made us, and we are his. We are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

4  Enter his gates with thanksgiving; go into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him and praise his name.

5  For the Lord is good. His unfailing love continues forever, and his faithfulness continues to each generation.” (NLT2)

Think about a few things:

God made us! We are His craftsmanship, His handiwork. We are not left alone on this big cosmic dot we like to call Earth, we actually have a Heavenly Father, and His name is God; He looks after us, We are His people, the sheep of HIs pasture. He cares for us, and He invites us to come into His presence and talk with us and praise His Name. He Loves us with an unconditional love, and He invites us to come to Him at anytime at any place and worship Him. 

He wants us to understand that in a world gone bad, He is, and always will be, good. His goodness doesn’t change. Ever. 

Nor does His love for us. It always is the same. There is nothing that we could ever do that would make Him love us any less, nor is there anything that we could do that would make Him love us more than He does right now. God loves us with an everlasting love, because He is love.  

Maybe you can take some time this weekend and let the words of Psalm 100 fill your heart and remind you that you are not alone; that God is good; and God loves you and invites you to come to Him and praise His Name.