Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Two words.

I want to ask you for two words, but the two words I'm talking about won’t make sense unless you read this verse:

The LORD is my strength and my shield;
my heart trusts in him, and I am helped.
My heart leaps for joy
and I will give thanks to him in song.
Psalm 28:7

That verse ends with the phrase, "in song." That is going to be the author's method of giving thanks. So what is yours? If you rewrote that for your own life, what would it say? Mine would say "in writing." I will give thanks to him in writing.

With the words I write on these blogs, with the words I write in the book and any other books I get to publish, with every word I pen, I am going to give thanks.

What are your two words?

At work?
In meetings?
At school?
During homework?

What are your two words?

81 comments:

Michael Halbrook said...

In Christ.

Lindsey said...

Oh my.
"During homework." THAT was convicting.


I'd like mine to be, "In love."

Tymm said...

in running

Omah's Helping Hands said...

I will give thanks to Him "anytime, anywhere."
Meaning constantly whether writing, singing, driving, what ever may be going on.

Anonymous said...

in serving.

Anonymous said...

for EVER

KGWiley said...

in battle (and by this, essentially, "in prayer")

Anonymous said...

In everything.

WILLOW TREE said...

In Worship.

Because it's a lifestyle, not an act of.

Blessings, Carolynn

Tony C said...

each day

Amy Siegert said...

in caring.

Pam D said...

in living...

Unknown said...

In photography.

Jesus Chick said...

Four words, but they are related:

1) Through obedience;

and

2) By forgiving.

Cliff said...

in writing (too).

HaVeFuN said...

in serving, love and worship.

Stacy from Louisville said...

in laughter

in snowfall

in lovingDan

in abundance

Karen Osler said...

in service

ellenjane said...

snow day

Anonymous said...

in parenting

Anonymous said...

As Daddy.

Jenl said...

"in Communion."

"in painting."

"in giving."

Warner said...

in perpetuity.

Had to improvise because someone had my original two words. Didn't want to seem like a copycat.

joshua conti said...

in grace

Anonymous said...

with music.

Stacey said...

in trials.

(meaning in good times and bad times)

Jamie said...

With cookies.

It would be "with baked goods," but I'm only allowed two words. I'll just have to leave cake and pie out of it. But when I'm really grateful to someone, I bake for them. If I could make God a pie, I totally would. It would be one awesome pie.

Richard said...

underwater

compound words count as one or two?

Sara said...

in silence.

i talk. a lot. i need to listen to and meditate more on God's word rather than talking to everyone else about what they think it is God wants me to do.

Too Many Brain Tabs said...

in voice.

Actually, this is pretty convicting for me. I don't verbally express my gratitude (or any prayers, really) to God. I feel like I need to stick this verse on a post-it with my changed "two words" to remind me to be more deliberate about praying and thanking God for all that He is to me. Thanks for the reminder!

-Tabitha

Greggerjo said...

in silence

evenshine said...

sin fin.

heartafire said...

in praise.

Anonymous said...

through breathing.

The ins and outs of life.
I think worship and our awe and adoration of God, and our talking and listening to Him, should be like breathing.
So natural that even when we are struggling we don't have to "remember to breath" but we just do.

sharilyn said...

VERY LOUDLY!!!!!

(and) with JOY!

Ryan B said...

in sharing.

in serving.

in living.

Lee Catherine said...

by encouraging.

Anonymous said...

from my heart.

oops... that's three words!

Anonymous said...

in my heart

nope...still three words!

in heart.

hum, well...it's two words anyway.

Anonymous said...

More & More

Anonymous said...

I'm on the praise team, so "in song" has long been a big one for me.

I'd have to also say "mothering daughters". There isn't much else that makes me as grateful as my girlies. Except their Daddy. So I guess I could also say "in marriage".

Emily Daniels said...

in love

jenn said...

at work

in writing

Chris said...

telling others.

in love.

Those would be my two. What a great idea!

Anonymous said...

Take THAT, Abraham Piper and your twenty extra words of verbosity.

Anonymous said...

stewarding grace.

Eph. 3:2

Just read that today...

Soulful said...

without fear.

Unknown said...

in pain. Even in the pain.

L said...

Wow! Great post.
In obedience.

Donna said...

through serving

Me... said...

all ways.

essie said...

in conversation

And by that, I probably mean in prayer.

But in conversation sounds cooler, plus it invokes a mental image of God's coffee shop where we can both enjoy a hot beverage while I'm thanking the big guy for what he does.

Anonymous said...

by ROCKING.

Or possibly 'via' ROCKING...one of the two...

voigt said...

in photography

Janelle said...

in marriage

Anonymous said...

in loving.

Anonymous said...

in sorrow

Anonymous said...

"...changing diapers."

Helen said...

with joy!

Brandon Tomlin said...

each breath!

Anonymous said...

wow, that's pretty amazing... i would have to say my two words would have to be
"in love"

Anonymous said...

all ways.

I read that from a previous 'commenter' and it fits well for me, too.

La pausa inútil said...

in recreation

CindyLou51 said...

in living
or
in thinking
or
in serving
or
by demonstrating

CindyLou51 said...

in living
or
in thinking
or
in serving
or
by demonstrating

Barb said...

Our Youth,

( this was sent by one of the teen in our district, and we can learn so much from our youth if we only take the time to listen to them,
Thanks Becca.)

Praise him,

Adoption started,

Unknown said...

I want to know whether the author chose "in song" because that was his strength and he gave thanks well in song or that was his weakness and he was choosing to "step out of his comfort zone" to give thanks.

... even knowing that I'd have a hard time deciding. Probably my two words would be: "inwhateverway icanmanageatthetime"

Anonymous said...

...with HUGGS

Anonymous said...

in Bambara.

Because it was He who took me to the Bambara people of West Africa and taught me their language to praise Him in.

Shannon said...

in motherhood

because the Lord knows it is HARD WORK!

Nedra J. Smith said...

getting there

Dan W said...

In relationships

Anonymous said...

Wow, that made me think about my one of my favorite songs Praise is what I do. Unfortunately, I know Praise is not what I do. I need to do it more. On my blog a share about how I stumble through Christianity. Thank God , He is so graceful.

z007mom said...

in tears

Anonymous said...

by living.

Anonymous said...

in prayer.

MikeN said...

With Youth

Lois K. said...

in suffering.

at least i try to. its easy to give thanks in good situations, but what about the times when my life turns to crap?

Katie said...

In doubt.

Not so much as in doubting Him, but when I feel like I am doubting myself, or what's going to happen, I'd give praise even in doubt.

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