The God Squad: Psalm 117
When I teach children about how to pray I tell them that there are only four kinds of prayers: thanks, gimmie, oops and wow. Thanks, is the first and by far the best kind of prayer.
This psalm is not only about grace/hesed. It is also about truth. We sing Hallelujah to give thanks for what God has done for us, but we also sing Hallelujah to praise God for the truth of God’s words that extend into the future, “and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. Praise ye the Lord.”
Let us study:
Besides the basics of life, what blessings cause you to say Hallelujah to God?
Why do we speak so much about what God has taken from us and so little about what God has given to us?
What contemporary song is a praise of God?
(Send ALL QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS to The God Squad via email at godsquadquestion@aol.com. Rabbi Gellman is the author of several books, including “Religion for Dummies,” co-written with Fr. Tom Hartman.)
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