In closing out this week's verse, I just have to share some things that Robert J. Morgan included in his commentary on this verse.
First is an interesting way to remember the verse's reference...you'll have to remember Psalm 118, but the number of the actual verse should be an easy one to connect to its content. Just as God composes each day of 24 hours, I'll bet you always remember that the verse that describes the day the Lord has made is Verse 24 of Psalm 118.
Then Mr. Morgan includes an old stanza scripted by Isaac Watts (born approximately 30 years after Isaac Newton who I always confuse him with --- easy to see why, they had the same hairdo!) Isaac Watts wrote over 200 hymns! Isn't that amazing? And considering that these hymns were written around 1700 and that many of them are still prevalent in hymnals of today, I believe Mr. Watts deserves a moment of our attention. If you don't know any other hymns by Isaac Watts, you most assuredly know "Joy to the World" which he wrote as a paraphrase of Psalm 98.
The stanza that Mr. Morgan includes is Isaac Watts' reflection on Psalm 118:24,
First is an interesting way to remember the verse's reference...you'll have to remember Psalm 118, but the number of the actual verse should be an easy one to connect to its content. Just as God composes each day of 24 hours, I'll bet you always remember that the verse that describes the day the Lord has made is Verse 24 of Psalm 118.
Then Mr. Morgan includes an old stanza scripted by Isaac Watts (born approximately 30 years after Isaac Newton who I always confuse him with --- easy to see why, they had the same hairdo!) Isaac Watts wrote over 200 hymns! Isn't that amazing? And considering that these hymns were written around 1700 and that many of them are still prevalent in hymnals of today, I believe Mr. Watts deserves a moment of our attention. If you don't know any other hymns by Isaac Watts, you most assuredly know "Joy to the World" which he wrote as a paraphrase of Psalm 98. The stanza that Mr. Morgan includes is Isaac Watts' reflection on Psalm 118:24,
This is the day the Lord has made;I hope you had a wonderful day today and I hope when you wake tomorrow you will remember that you have been given another day of life by God. He has made another day in your life, a day with the capacity for joy because we can rest in the knowledge that He has placed it in the timeline of our earthly journey. Don't take any day for granted...they all come directly from the hand of God.
He calls the hours His own;
Let heaven rejoice, let earth be glad;
And praise surround the throne.
Today is a gift...that's why it's called "the present."
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