10,000 and counting...

     Woke up this morning with a song we sang yesterday in church dancing in my ears.  It's a song by Matt Redman called "10,000 Reasons." Might we find reason as this sun comes up this morning to sing a new song of thanks to the Lord:

Bless the Lord oh my soulOh my soulWorship his holy nameSing like never beforeOh my soulI worship your holy name
The sun comes upIt's a new day dawningIt's time to sing your song againWhat ever may pass and whatever lies before meLet me be singing when the evening comes
Bless the Lord oh my soulOh my soulWorship his holy nameSing like never beforeOh my soulI worship your holy name
You're rich in love and you're slow to angerYour name is great and your heart is kindFor all your goodness i will keep on singing10,000 reasons for my heart to find
Bless the Lord oh my soulOh my soulWorship his holy nameSing like never beforeOh my soulI worship your holy name
And on that day when my strength is failingThe end draws near and my time has comeStill my soul will sing your praise unending10,000 years and then forever more
Bless the Lord oh my soulOh my soulWorship his holy nameSing like never beforeOh my soulI worship your holy name
     From dawn to dusk, might we continue to "Keep calm and count on!" as Ann Voscamp says.  Surely there are more than "10,000 reasons for my heart to find to bless the Lord O my soul." All the common, daily blessings--a warm bed on a cold morning, the sweet stillness of the predawn darkness,  the fact that we have awakened for another day for a fresh start, clean water in which to brush our teeth, the Word--God's love letter to us--resting in our lap, the sun has indeed come up, the peaceful beauty of transient fall leaves, the crunch of cereal, the car that will take us where we need to go, the work or school God has given us to fill our days with purpose... and that's just a few to start our day!      Keep purposefully seeing... and then praising throughout this new day the Lord has given us.  And even if we struggle being thankful in our circumstances, we can always always always worship and thank the Lord above all circumstances.  And that Almighty God is with us and for us in our circumstances--redeeming, renewing, resurrecting.     To our infinite, Almighty God be all the glory.