30/10/2026
Praise the LORD, my soul, and forget not all his benefits.
Psalm 103:2
We often come to God with our needs, and He is faithful to meet us there. But the psalmist calls us to remember on purpose: to forget not all His benefits.
Some of His benefits are easy to name: forgiveness, salvation, answered prayer. Others we only see in hindsight, like the skilled hands that cared for us, the healing that came through His provision, and the strength that held us through the waiting. Even the gift of sight, the simple ability to see His creation and the faces we love, is a benefit from His hand.
David speaks to his own soul here. Some days, gratitude is not a feeling but a decision. We tell our hearts what we know to be true: God is good, always, even in our darkest and hardest days. His goodness does not stop, because it rests on who He is and not on what we are facing.
So we give thanks, in the waiting room and at the other side of it. We keep trusting His heart, even when we cannot make sense of His purpose.
May we never forget who He is . May gratitude be our daily offering, and may we trust the heart of our good and faithful God.