Posts Tagged ‘Psalm 65’

Deuteronomy 8:7-18; Psalm 65; 2 Corinthians 9:6-15; Luke 17:11-19

When I was home last week to visit family and friends I witnessed a scenario that I think most of us have seen many times throughout our lives.  A mother, picking up some items in the grocery store on her way home, her small boy sitting in the grocery cart, runs into a friend of hers.  For a moment the boy is lavished with attention and the lady gives him a piece of candy.  At once the mother asks the boy, “Now, what do you say?”  The question is followed by a suspenseful moment where the mother hopes her son will take the bait and recall a scene which naturally has been rehearsed many times up to this point.  I am happy to report that the boy smiled and in broken English said “thank you,” the friend doted more on the boy, and the mother stood there beaming with pride and probably a little relief. Read More