{"id":28814,"date":"2015-11-26T00:15:40","date_gmt":"2015-11-26T05:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=28814"},"modified":"2015-11-26T00:31:40","modified_gmt":"2015-11-26T05:31:40","slug":"you-have-been-so-good-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/11\/26\/you-have-been-so-good-2\/","title":{"rendered":"You Have Been So Good"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16629\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\" alt=\"psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv\" width=\"341\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg 341w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><span id=\"ln_1\" class=\"shlnc\" style=\"color: #800080;\">You have been so good<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span id=\"ln_2\" class=\"shlnc\" style=\"color: #800080;\"> You have been so good to me<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span id=\"ln_3\" class=\"shlnc\" style=\"color: #800080;\"> In my faithless hour<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <span id=\"ln_4\" class=\"shlnc\">You&#8217;ve been my strength<br \/>\n<\/span><span id=\"ln_7\" class=\"\">You are my tower<\/span><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span id=\"ln_8\" class=\"\" style=\"color: #800080;\"> From the enemy<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span id=\"ln_9\" class=\"\" style=\"color: #800080;\"> You have been so good<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span id=\"ln_10\" class=\"\" style=\"color: #800080;\"> So good to me<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<span id=\"ln_11\" class=\"\" style=\"color: #800080;\"> <\/span><br \/>\n<span id=\"ln_13\" class=\"\" style=\"color: #800080;\"> Your hand is always faithful<\/span><br \/>\n<span id=\"ln_14\" class=\"\" style=\"color: #800080;\"> Your mercy never ends<\/span><br \/>\n<span id=\"ln_16\" class=\"\" style=\"color: #800080;\"> And when I feel unable<\/span><br \/>\n<span id=\"ln_17\" class=\"\" style=\"color: #800080;\"> Your grace is there again<\/span><br \/>\n<span id=\"ln_18\" class=\"\" style=\"color: #800080;\"> <\/span><br \/>\n<span id=\"ln_20\" class=\"\" style=\"color: #800080;\"> You chose me with my weakness<\/span><br \/>\n<span id=\"ln_21\" class=\"\" style=\"color: #800080;\"> And all my sins forgave<\/span><br \/>\n<span id=\"ln_22\" class=\"\" style=\"color: #800080;\"> I&#8217;ve nothing to repay You<\/span><br \/>\n<span id=\"ln_23\" class=\"\" style=\"color: #800080;\"> So all that I can say<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LIIyteDj9Wc?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Lenny Leblanc, singer\/songwriter<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 *<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Today is a day when many folks recognize the importance of being <strong><em>thankful. \u00a0<\/em><\/strong>As Christians, we are to have a life full of expressing our gratitude and thanks to our heavenly Father. \u00a0I think that the words of this beautiful song sing out our praise and gratitude for God&#8217;s overwhelming goodness.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You have been so good<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <span id=\"ln_4\" class=\"shlnc\">You&#8217;ve been my strength<br \/>\n<\/span><span id=\"ln_7\" class=\"\">You are my tower<\/span><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You chose me with my weakness<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span id=\"ln_13\" class=\"\" style=\"color: #800080;\"> Your hand is always faithful<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span id=\"ln_14\" class=\"\" style=\"color: #800080;\"> Your mercy never ends<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span id=\"ln_17\" class=\"\" style=\"color: #800080;\"> Your grace is there again<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>We are so very thankful for God&#8217;s constant goodness to us, His children. \u00a0Truly, can you think of anything else that can so change your heart\u2019s attitude more than being <strong><em>thankful<\/em><\/strong>?\u00a0 Websters 1828 Dictionary (one of my favorite references) defines\u00a0<strong><em>thankful<\/em><\/strong> as \u2018grateful; impressed with a sense of kindness received, and ready to acknowledge it.\u2019\u00a0 Hmmm, sounds vaguely familiar\u2026similar to a praise the Psalmist wrote:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)<br \/>\nO give <strong><em>thanks<\/em><\/strong> to the Lord, for He is <em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">good<\/span><\/em>;<br \/>\nfor His mercy <i>and<\/i> loving-kindness endure forever!<br \/>\nWho can put into words <i>and<\/i> tell the mighty deeds of the Lord?<br \/>\n<i>Or<\/i> who can show forth all the praise [that is due Him]?<br \/>\nPsalms 106:1 and 2<\/p>\n<p>I think\u00a0 Mr. Webster\u2019s definition clearly shows that <strong><em>thankfulness<\/em><\/strong> is <em>both<\/em><strong> thought<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>action<\/strong>\u2014you \u2018sense\u2019 being blessed AND you \u2018acknowledge\u2019 it.\u00a0 Here\u2019s a great example:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all you lands!<br \/>\nServe the Lord with gladness!<br \/>\nCome before His presence with singing!<br \/>\nKnow that the Lord is God!<br \/>\nIt is He Who has made us, not we ourselves [and we are His]!<br \/>\nWe are His people and the sheep of His pasture.<br \/>\nEnter into His gates with <strong><em>thanks<\/em><\/strong>giving<br \/>\n<i>and<\/i> a <strong><em>thank<\/em><\/strong> offering and into His courts with praise!<br \/>\nBe <strong><em>thankful<\/em> <\/strong><i>and<\/i> say so to Him,<br \/>\nbless <i>and<\/i> affectionately praise His name!<br \/>\nFor the Lord is <em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">good<\/span><\/em>;<br \/>\nHis mercy <i>and<\/i> loving-kindness are everlasting,<br \/>\nHis faithfulness <i>and<\/i> truth endure to all generations.<br \/>\nPsalm 100<\/p>\n<p>The Psalmist was confessing\u2014remembering\u2014just a few things he was grateful for, AND voicing his gratitude \u00a0&#8216;for the Lord is <em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">good<\/span><\/em>&#8216;.\u00a0\u00a0 To remember is \u2018\u2026to bear in mind; to keep, consider, meditate.\u2019 We can\u2014we should\u2014do the same!\u00a0 We have oh-so-very-much to be<strong><em> thankful<\/em> <\/strong>for, amen?\u00a0 We have so very many memories of God\u2019s abundant <em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">goodness<\/span> <\/em>to us, true?\u00a0 We can sing\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I will <strong><em>thank<\/em><\/strong> Yahweh with all my heart;<br \/>\nI will declare all Your wonderful works.<br \/>\nPsalm 9:1<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the some of the things that David remembers the Lord did for him and the beautiful way\u00a0he voices his <strong><em>thankful<\/em><\/strong>ness here in Psalm 30:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I will extol You, O Lord, for You have lifted me up<br \/>\nand have not let my foes rejoice over me.<br \/>\nO Lord my God, I cried to You and You have healed me.<br \/>\nO Lord, You have brought my life up from Sheol (the place of the dead)<br \/>\nSing to the Lord, O you saints of His,<br \/>\nand\u00a0give <strong><em>thanks<\/em><\/strong> at the remembrance of His holy name.<br \/>\nBy Your favor, O Lord, You have established me as a strong mountain;<br \/>\nYou hid Your face, and I was troubled.<br \/>\nI cried to You, O Lord, and to the Lord I made supplication.<br \/>\nHear, O Lord, have mercy <i>and<\/i> be gracious to me!<br \/>\nO Lord, be my helper!<br \/>\nYou have turned my mourning into dancing for me;<br \/>\nTo the end that my tongue <i>and<\/i> my heart<br \/>\nand everything glorious within me<br \/>\nmay sing praise to You and not be silent.<br \/>\nO Lord my God, I will give <strong><em>thanks<\/em> <\/strong>to You forever.<\/p>\n<p>We have oh-so-very-much to thank our great God for&#8230;so many ways in which He has been so good to us! \u00a0Today, of course, as you gather with friends and loved ones&#8230;but each day, every day tell Your Father how very grateful you are for His goodness, for His protection, for His healing, for His deliverance, for His provision, for His admonition, for His guidance, for His love, grace and mercy!\u00a0 And give Him much <strong><em>thanks<\/em><\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"chapter-3\" style=\"color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"text Ps-107-1\">O give thanks to the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span>, for He is good;<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"text Ps-107-1\" style=\"color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">For His compassion\u00a0and\u00a0lovingkindness endure forever!<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"text Ps-107-2\" style=\"color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Let the redeemed of the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span> say so&#8230;<br \/>\nPsalms 107:1 and 2<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You have been so good You have been so good to me In my faithless hour You&#8217;ve been my strength You are my tower From the enemy You have been so good So good to me Your hand is always faithful Your mercy never ends And when I feel unable Your grace is there again [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":16629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4937],"tags":[235,307,1287,425,1999,9170,2002,2004,2005,2003,9718,4932,861,1057,1059,2001,9171],"class_list":["post-28814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-coleen-hayden","tag-devotional","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-gratitude","tag-lenny-leblanc","tag-psalm-100","tag-psalm-1061-and-2","tag-psalm-30","tag-psalm-91","tag-psalms-1071-2","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-quiet-time","tag-thankful","tag-thanksgiving","tag-websters-1828-dictionary","tag-you-have-been-so-good","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-7uK","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28814"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28831,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28814\/revisions\/28831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}