Help from the Psalms Part Four—”Growing Gratitude” Psalm 136

Our lives are filled with ups and downs, both joys and sorrows, as well as times of peace and times of anxiousness. Our emotions flow from these highs and lows but can at times entrap us and hold us back. God’s goal for us is not to mute our emotions, but to manage life and our emotions in healthy ways. The Book of Psalms offers us several pathways to find voice and/or remedy for the negative emotions that effect our lives. 

We yearn for everything to be right, but there is always something amiss. The joy of life is often squeezed out by the unrelenting pursuit of something else. Today we’ll consider the growing in grace and gratitude following of Psalm 136.