Praise

"When can time suffice for me to recall all your great benefits...?" (St. Augustine's Confessions 9.4.7)

God deserves our praise.  More than that, we owe it to Him.  "You have loosed my bonds.  I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD." (Ps. 116:16-17)  Yet how often to we set aside time to offer up praise to God?  How often do we praise His works in the presence of others (besides in church)?  Of course, even if we used all of our time, night and day, praising God, it would not be sufficient to praise and thank Him for all that He has done for us.  But does that mean we shouldn't try?  By no means!  What has God done for you recently?  Thank Him, and then tell someone about it.  We have absolutely no excuse not to praise God.  " Let [us] thank the LORD for His steadfast love, for His wondrous works to the children of man!" (Ps. 107:8)  Praise the Lord!