“Thanks for Everything!”
I am into list-keeping. Lists keep me more or less on track. Even in my personal journal, I do lists. I am especially fond of gratitude lists. I usually try to list 50 things for which I’m grateful. It’s a wonderful way to start the day, and I heartily recommend it.
This morning, I paused after item 49, and thought, “I need to make item # 50 count!” So, I wrote the following: “Every little and not-so-little thing you do for me and everyone and everything else in the universe.”
I immediately thought of some of the psalms that broaden praise and thanksgiving to God to embrace God’s goodness to all of creation. The biblical psalmists were not just into thanking and praising God for God’s goodness to them individually. At least some of the psalmists were also aware of God’s goodness to all people, and indeed to all creation. Psalm 104 is just one example. In this psalm, God is praised for his care even for wild animals and sea creatures.
I love Toby Mac. I love his songs and I love his concerts. He has a song out that is getting lots of play time on Christian radio. It has a very simple title—“Everything.”
“Everything”
I’m captivated, I’ll say it
I’m on a whole new intrigue
My space invaded, upgraded
I hear You talking to me
It’s in the boom of the thunder, it’s in the cool of the rain
And I’ll say I don’t ever want to get away
Tonight is beautiful
It’s got my mind on You
And everywhere I turn is a reminder
I see You in everything, all day
And every beat of my heart keeps reminding me
I see You in every little thing, all day
No matter where I go I know Your love is finding me
I see You in everything
You’re all up in everything
My soul’s awaken
I’m taken by all the beauty You bring
You got it blarin’, I’m starin’
Love watching You do Your thing
There’s no mistaken Your style
No mistaken Your touch
I see the grand, I see the subtle of Your love
Lord, I see You in everything, all day
And every beat of my heart keeps reminding me
I see You in every little thing, all day
No matter where I go I know Your love is finding me
It’s finding me in everything, all day
And every beat of my heart keeps reminding me
I see You in every little thing, all day
No matter where I go I know Your love is finding me
Tonight is beautiful
It’s got my mind on You
And everywhere I turn is a reminder
From the sparkle in her eyes to the starlit open skies
You bring my heart to life, fill me with wonder
Oh, I can see Your love, Your love in everything
And that’s why You’ll always be my everything
Yeah, I can see Your love, Your love in everything
And that’s why You’ll always be my everything
And a God who is able and willing to take care of the entire universe—everything—is a God worth trusting to meet my own little needs.
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