tend to forget. We have poor memories and good "forgetories," at least, it seems so when it comes to the things God has done for us. Of course, for many people, just the opposite is true when it comes to grudges or things we should not think, see, or do. What we would like to forget we re member more readily. Verse three begins a list of those things for which the Psalmist wants to praise God. We are not going to take the time to go into them all, but perhaps two or three of interest. There are so many things for which to be grateful. Notice, first of all, we read of God, "Who forgiveth all thine in iquities." If you have nothing else for which you think you can praise the Lord, you can at least thank Him for this, if, by faith, you have received Him as Saviour, asking His forgiveness for sins. You see, this is the prime aspect of thanks giving for any believer. It is the place at which we should always start. God has forgiven all of our sins. Thank the Lord He not only for gives, but also forgets.He removes our sin "as far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our transgressions from us" (vs. 12). There are so many people whose lives have been miserable because they keep dwelling on the past. Sa tan keeps bringing these experi ences to us. When once you have asked God for His forgiveness, you not only are forgiven but also you are cleansed of that sin. If you keep dwelling on the matter, you are as much as calling God a liar. In essence you are saying, "Lord, I don't believe You are able or will ing to do what You said You would
do on my behalf." The Bible as sures us, "If we confess our sins (that is the one thing that we do) he [God] is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." The second thing we are told in verse three is that God heals all of our diseases. We believe in di vine healing. We know that as it pleases Him, and is in accordance with His perfect will, the Lord often heals today. We certainly believe that all prayer in this regard should be based on the familiar words of Christ as our pattern, "Neverthe less, not my will, but thine be done." We do not believe in all of the theatrics and emotional pres sures which so often accompany some of the popular meetings of this type. Keep in mind that there was no individual spoken of in the Word of God who was healed by the Lord Jesus Christ who, before his healing, was a believer. The healing was always done in the lives of unbelievers, the purpose being that they might see the pow er and majesty of the Lord. Sec ondly, those in Scripture who were believers and who did have phys ical infirmities were often not healed since it was obviously not in accordance with God's will. There is no more apt example of that than in the Apostle Paul himself who tells us that he sought to have the thorn in the flesh re moved, but it did not please God to do this. Again he tells us in Philippians 1:29 that it is given unto us not only to believe on Christ but also to suffer for His sake. The victorious Christian life is not one which is devoid of pain and problems. Often this is the way that we grow in the grace of
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