Verse of the Day

Today's insight

Here is a quiet weighing of two things: God's lovingkindness, and life itself. The verse does not say God's kindness is better than hardship or better than sorrow — it says it is "better than life," better than the breath and health and days we guard so carefully. That is a strong claim, and it is spoken by someone who had clearly found it true. Notice also what the verse does with that discovery: it does not stay inside as a warm feeling. It comes out — "my lips shall praise thee." Praise here is not a mood you wait for. It is a choice your mouth makes, "because" of what you already know of God's kindness toward you.

Reflect

If God's kindness is truly better than your life, what would your lips say today that they have been holding back?

Prayer

Lord, I want to believe that your lovingkindness is better than life itself, and not only when life is going well. Teach my lips to praise you today, out of what I know of your kindness rather than out of what I feel. Amen.