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lutheran study bible with this background story in mind gives psalm 34 the following title praise for deliverance from trouble the deliverance from trouble being the threat of saul and the enemy king achish so david would have praised and thanked god for such a deliverance the good news bible has this title in praise of god s goodness so verses 1 3 highlight the importance of praising god david after being delivered from his life threatening situation invites god s faithful people to join him in praising god the first three verses are david s call to worship god notice that for emphasis david employs four verbs he and god s faithful people are to bless praise magnify and exalt the lord all of these verbs stress the importance of worshipping god after some kind of troubling circumstances that reminds me of the following story there were three old monks whose monastery was burned down by an invading army the monks escaped and lived in the forest they found a beautiful glade which they called their cathedral since they were now old their voices cracked when they sang however every evening they sang mary s song called the magnificat based on luke s gospel this song of praise to god reminded the monks how god had delivered them from that invading army so too as people of faith hopefully we too will remember to praise god each day for the many and various ways in which god delivers us from troubling circumstances in many spiritual assessments used by hospital chaplains and hospice spiritual care coordinators measuring gratitude toward god is one way of assessing the spiritual vitality of patients the psalmist expresses great praise toward god and undergirds this praise with a deep sense of gratitude in current positive psychology practices gratitude is considered one of the most powerful positive forces in the lives of healthy resilient people people with an attitude of gratitude overcome tragedy more easily are more likely to reach out for help and will likely experience a greater sense of well being gratitude doesn t mean a naive denial of life s difficulties rather gratitude understands that life can be full of suffering and unfairness but intentionally seeks to name those things that bring measures of joy and moments of beauty the psalmist identifies himself as the poor oppressed soul delivered by god are we not all the poor and oppressed there are many kinds of oppression if we do not suffer from physical poverty we may be awash in the meaningless luxuries of a consumer society that leave us spiritually impoverished god is for us offering liberation from oppression of all kinds when we experience liberation from oppression physical suffering emotional suffering or spiritual suffering a natural expression of our gratitude is praise of the lord we want to share this experience with others and so we encourage others to taste and see the lord s goodness for themselves 1 and that reminds me of another story two merchants decided to sail to a certain city in order to buy some highly profitable merchandise they were about to set out when one of them fell from a ladder and hurt his leg so badly that he couldn t possibly travel as the ship could not be detained his companion embarked by himself leaving behind the man with the bad leg who cursed providence for the miserable luck that had deprived him of a fine profit before long however word arrived that the ship had sunk at sea with the loss of all its passengers then the merchant thanked the lord for having made him hurt his leg thus saving him from a certain death and begged forgiveness for questioning his wisdom the moral is that a person must always praise god for whatever happens to her or him no matter what that is everything is for the best in this world even if it does not seem so for it sometimes comes to atone for our sins or to save us from a worse fate or to bring us even greater good fortune and this can be seen from the story of the merchant whose injured leg was a blessing in disguise 2 coming back to the psalm we are reminded in verses 4 6 and 19 that the psalmist david and all of god s people will have fears trouble afflictions and misfortunes life is full of ups and downs we may like david even face life threatening situations however david reminds us that god will be with us god will be our refuge god will deliver us maybe not when or where or how we want or expect god to act rather when where and how god chooses to act that too is the important lesson job learned through his suffering and god s delivering him and restoring him from his suffering in today s first lesson job in response is grateful to god as well as gracious and generous towards others which reminds me of the following story of lynne m deming lynne writes some years ago i received a cancer diagnosis and endured a six month chemotherapy regimen during those months i resolved to determine what good could possibly come from my experience in addition to my remission one positive result is that i am able to advise listen to commiserate with and pray for others i know or encounter who find themselves in a similar situation in the same way we can perceive this psalm as one of hope that can inspire persons in similar situations 3 so may we in all our circumstances of life like david and like countless other faithful people be able to praise the lord our deliverer 1 devotion by jane herring in disciplines a book of daily devotions 2015 nashville upper room books 2014 p 229 2 jewish folktales selected and retold by pinhas sadeh new york toronto et al anchor books doubleday 1989 p 285 3 devotion by lynne m deming in disciplines a book of daily devotions 2015 nashville upper room books 2014 p 309 filed under church universal sermons tagged with ecumenical homily ecumenical sermon homily homily based on ps 34 1 8 and 19 22 lutheran homily lutheran sermon rcl homily rcl sermon sermon sermon based on ps 34 1 8 and 19 22 sermon for 22 pentecost yr b sermon for thanksgiving sunday yr b october 9 2021 2 comments thanksgiving sunday yr b 10 10 2021 joel 2 21 27 ps 126 pastor garth wehrfritz hanson thanksgiving is thanksliving mrs avondale was walking an interior designer through the mansion discussing renovations the professional had many fine suggestions and mrs avondale accepted them all with the sweep of a hand i only demand one thing she said turning to the designer when my best friend marguerite comes to visit after we re finished i want her to drop dead from envy contrary to mrs avondale may we not be so ungrateful for what we have been given in life and so mean spirited towards our neighbours in our scripture passages from joel and psalm 126 today we learn that thanksgiving is thanksliving after a period of drought and suffering from a locust plague the prophet joel in our first lesson reminds not only his people but also the soil and the animals that thanksgiving is thanksliving he speaks as if the soil and animals were personified and gives them a message not to fear and to be glad and rejoice for the lord will provide plenty of green pastures and there shall be an abundance of fruit on the fig trees and vines then joel goes on to remind his people that their prayers are answered for god shall end the locust plague provide early and later rains and renew the earth by granting his people an abundant harvest by delivering these promises the people shall be reassured that the lord is their god and they can praise and thank and trust in god for all things speaking of abundant harvests recently i had conversations with two farmers they both were very thankful and pleasantly surprised by god s abundance they said their crops yielded way more than they had expected in spite of the hot dry summer and lack of rain they were thankful and quite satisfied with the harvest to give thanks means to be satisfied we are often not satisfied too much affluence in our society spoils us and sadly many do not have grateful hearts and have forgotten how abundantly god has provided for us they have forgotten that thanksgiving is thanksliving psalm 126 has the superscription a song of ascents these psalms are often linked to god s people travelling to jerusalem for one of the major festivals in this case the psalm has images of harvest it may actually have been sung during the celebration of the feast of tabernacles also called the feast of booths and sukkoth in psalm 126 today the opening verses are full of surprise awe wonder and thanksgiving the context is likely shortly after or at the end of judah s babylonian captivity for them the hopeless situation of exile was turned around completely god delivered them even though it seemed like a dream too good to be true but it was true and they responded by worshipping god when the lord restored the fortunes of zion we were like those who dream then our mouth was filled with laughter and our tongue with shouts of joy then it was said among the nations the lord has done great things for them the lord has done great things for us and we rejoiced i like the way the reb translates verse 1 when the lord restored the fortunes of zion we were like people renewed in health health for the jewish people involved wholeness of mind body and spirit and the belief that god was blessing them being renewed in health can be a surprise for people who have life threatening illnesses which doctors may even have diagnosed them in such a way that there was little hope that they would recover from the illness people diagnosed with cancer or the coronavirus but by the grace and healing of god recovered for those exiled people of judah the surprise that god had brought them back to zion went beyond their expectations and so thanksgiving became thanksliving for them as our psalm continues god s people pray for rain in dry places as they are sad by the drought and wonder if the crops they plant will grow and if they will even have a harvest i like the way the message renders verses 4 6 and now god do it again bring rains to our drought stricken lives so those who planted their crops in despair will shout yes at the harvest so those who went off with heavy hearts will come home laughing with armloads of blessing this rendering which pictures god answering their prayer by giving his people a bountiful harvest also complements the title that the nrsv lutheran study bible gives psalm 126 a harvest of joy difficult circumstances need not prevent us from living the truth that thanksgiving is thanksliving here is one of my favourite stories of thanksgiving which comes out of a situation of great hardship and suffering the lovely words of praise and faith found in the hymn now thank we all our god would lead us to believe that this hymn was written during a time of victory quite the opposite was the case martin rinkart a lutheran pastor in eilenburg germany wrote the hymn during the thirty year war which raged in germany during the 1600s eilenburg was a walled city and was a place of refuge for thousands of refugees fleeing the war as it filled with helpless victims the city became overcrowded and was under supplied with food sanitation and medical care instead of a place of refuge it soon became a city of death plagues raged through the city claiming hundreds of victims in the midst of misery and pain reverend rinkart wrote sixty hymns of faith and hope his hymns helped turn the people s eyes from their despair to the power and love of god rinkart encouraged them to look beyond their circumstances to the eternal blessings of god with this confidence rinkart was able to minister to thousands in the terrible plague of 1637 other pastors fled or died and rinkart was left alone to bury close to 4500 men women and children some days he would conduct 45 funerals as the war drew to a close eilenburg was overrun by several armies at one point the swedish army occupied the city and the general in charge demanded that the people pay a large tribute on behalf of the people rev rinkart spoke to the general and begged for mercy the general was unyielding facing possible death rinkart called his companions to kneel and pray come my children we can find no mercy with humans let us take refuge with god he led the prayer and the singing of a hymn stunned the general watched when rinkart rose the general ordered the levy reduced and he spared the city it was with this faith that rinkart wrote now thank we all our god 1 this story not only underscores the importance that thanksgiving is thanksliving that even in times of hardship and suffering we can give god thanks like pastor rinkart the story also underscores the importance of trust and confidence in god through prayer that god does hear us and answer us sometimes beyond our expectations so in our times of trouble and suffering may we like ancient israel and like pastor rinkart and his companions turn to god in prayer trusting and confident that god will answer and provide what is needed most thanksgiving is thanksliving on this thanksgiving sunday thanks be to god for everything and everyone amen 1 clergy talk november 1999 sequim wa p 14 filed under church universal sermons tagged with ecumenical homily ecumenical sermon homily homily based on joel 2 21 27 ps 126 homily for thanksgiving sunday yr b lutheran homily lutheran sermon rcl homily rcl sermon sermon sermon based on joel 2 21 27 ps 126 sermon for thanksgiving sunday yr b sermon for 19 pentecost yr b october 2 2021 leave a comment 19 pentecost yr b 3 10 2021 ps 26 pastor garth wehrfritz hanson integrity and innocence what do the following three canadians have in common david milgaard donald marshall jr and thomas sophonow if you guessed that they were wrongfully found guilty and imprisoned for crimes they did not commit you are correct david milgaard was charged with the 1969 murder of saskatoon nursing aide gail miller and in january 1970 was sentenced to life in prison milgaard s mother joyce believed from the day he was arrested that her son was innocent he spent more than two decades in prison milgaard was eventually cleared by dna evidence and larry fisher was found guilty of the rape and stabbing death of gail miller in 1971 marshall was wrongfully convicted of murdering his friend sandy seale in a sydney n s park he was released in 1982 after rcmp reviewed his case he was cleared by the nova scotia court of appeal the following year marshall a mi kmaq was exonerated by a royal commission in 1990 that determined systemic racism had contributed to his wrongful imprisonment winnipeg police announced in june 2000 that evidence had cleared thomas sophonow in the killing of doughnut shop clerk barbara stoppel authorities said they had a new suspect in the 1981 murder for which sophonow was tried three times and spent nearly four years behind bars the manitoba court of appeal acquitted him in 1985 1 in psalm 26 even though we do not know the exact situation it sounds like the psalmist was accused of some wrong tha...