Let’s thank God for His countless blessings.

How precious to me are your thoughts, God! Psalm 139:17

My son is learning to count from one to ten. He counts everything from toys to trees. He counts things I tend to overlook, like the wildflowers on his way to school or the toes on my feet.

My son is also teaching me to count again. Often I become so immersed in things I haven’t finished or things I don’t have that I fail to see all the good things around me. I have forgotten to count the new friends made this year and the answered prayers received, the tears of joy shed and the times of laughter with good friends.

My ten fingers are not enough to count all that God gives me day by day. “Many, Lord my God, are the wonders you have done, the things you planned for us. None can compare with you; were I to speak and tell of your deeds, they would be too many to declare” (Ps. 40:5). How can we even begin to count all the blessings of salvation, reconciliation, and eternal life?

Let us join David as he praises God for all His precious thoughts about us and all He has done for us, when he says, “How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand” (139:17–18).

Let’s learn to count again!

Lord, Your works are so many and good I can’t count them all. But I thank You for each one.

让我们献上感谢，因上帝赐下数不尽的恩典。

上帝啊，祢的意念向我何等宝贵。-诗篇139篇17节

我儿子正在学从一数到十，他每件东西都要数，从玩具到树木，几乎全都数过一遍。他所数算的东西有很多是常被我忽略的，例如上学途中看到的野花，或我的脚趾头。

其实儿子也是在教我重温“数算”的功课，因为我往往过于专注没有完成的事，或是无法拥有的东西，结果忽略了身边一切美好的事物。我忘记数算这一年结交多少新朋友，有多少祷告蒙了应允，有多少喜悦的泪水，又有多少与好友共度的欢笑时光。

若要数算上帝每天所赏赐的一切，我的十根手指头也数不完。“耶和华我的上帝啊，祢所行的奇事，并祢向我们所怀的意念甚多，不能向祢陈明；若要陈明，其事不可胜数”（诗篇40篇5节）。若谈到救恩、与上帝和好，以及永远的生命这种种祝福，我们又何尝数算得完呢？

大卫赞美上帝对我们怀有宝贵的意念，以及祂为我们所做的一切，让我们和他一起称颂：“上帝啊，祢的意念向我何等宝贵，其数何等众多！我若数点，比海沙更多。”（诗篇139篇17-18节）

让我们重温“数算”的功课吧！

主啊，祢的奇事甚多且又美好，
我无法一一数算，
我要为每一件事向祢献上感谢。

Psalm 139:14-18New International Version (NIV)

14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
    your works are wonderful,
    I know that full well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you
    when I was made in the secret place,
    when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;
    all the days ordained for me were written in your book
    before one of them came to be.
17 How precious to me are your thoughts,[a] God!
    How vast is the sum of them!
18 Were I to count them,
    they would outnumber the grains of sand—
    when I awake, I am still with you.

整理：于姊妹