Guess what - His Love Endures Forever!

Psalm 136

 ¹ Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good. 
            His love endures forever. 
² Give thanks to the God of gods. 
            His love endures forever. 
³ Give thanks to the Lord of lords: 
            His love endures forever.

 ⁴ to him who alone does great wonders,
            His love endures forever.
⁵ who by his understanding made the heavens,
            His love endures forever.
⁶ who spread out the earth upon the waters,
            His love endures forever.
⁷ who made the great lights—
            His love endures forever.
⁸ the sun to govern the day,
            His love endures forever.
⁹ the moon and stars to govern the night;
            His love endures forever.

 ¹⁰ to him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt
            His love endures forever.
¹¹ and brought Israel out from among them
            His love endures forever.
¹² with a mighty hand and outstretched arm;
            His love endures forever.

 ¹³ to him who divided the Red Sea^[a] asunder
            His love endures forever.
¹⁴ and brought Israel through the midst of it,
            His love endures forever.
¹⁵ but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea;
            His love endures forever.

 ¹⁶ to him who led his people through the wilderness;
            His love endures forever.

 ¹⁷ to him who struck down great kings,
            His love endures forever.
¹⁸ and killed mighty kings—
            His love endures forever.
¹⁹ Sihon king of the Amorites
            His love endures forever.
²⁰ and Og king of Bashan—
            His love endures forever.
²¹ and gave their land as an inheritance,
            His love endures forever.
²² an inheritance to his servant Israel.
            His love endures forever.

 ²³ He remembered us in our low estate
            His love endures forever.
²⁴ and freed us from our enemies.
            His love endures forever.
²⁵ He gives food to every creature.
            His love endures forever.

 ²⁶ Give thanks to the God of heaven.
            His love endures forever.

Ok, OK, I get it! Or do I? 

I USED to have a bad habit of losing my keys. I haven't done that for quite a while but at one point in my life it was comical.  One time we found them in my daughters bag of Halloween Candy. We searched everywhere. We tore up the house and I am sure I was on a rampage to find them. That's how it always happened. I had special places I looked, favorite places to lose my keys. Those places were the couch, under the seat of the car, in the pockets of a dirty pair of pants, various coats, etc. After a while I had a routine I went through to find them. I am sure the trait of losing your keys is genetic because ALL of my daughters do it too. After many years of losing my keys, I finally got to the point of not losing them. I always have to know where they are so they don't slip out of my thoughts. 

This Chapter of Psalms was specifically written for me. I have a tendency to forget that God loves me. Regardless of the dumb things I do. Regardless of the hurtful things I say. Regardless of the NON-christian actions, he loves me. I am pretty tough on myself, like most of us, when it comes to sinning. I am kind of like Paul. I just don't understand why I do what I do. When I do some of those dumb things, I just don't understand why God still loves me. But he does! When I get down on myself or things aren't going my way, I think maybe God stopped loving me. He didn't! When others treat me bad, I get the feeling that God is not there. But he is. His love endures forever. Praise God. Praise God. Praise God!

God loves me now and forever. His promise is that he loves me forever. It doesn't say he stops every once in a while and then starts up again. No, it says his love endures forever. Endurance is continuous. Endurance is regardless of good or bad. Endurance is forever! So for the Hundredth time....................

HIS LOVE ENDURES FOREVER!