Isn't that a neat verse? I've been thinking about it some recently, and have found it to be very true. The Lord is good. Sometimes I might imagine that there are things that are better or things that might give me more pleasure or satisfaction, but there isn't. He is the one and only source of true satisfaction and happiness.
Christmas Eve in our family is the one day of the year where we are allowed to eat as many sweets as we can fit down. All through December we spend a significant amount of time baking and cooking all kinds of chocolatey sugary goodness and putting it in containers. When Christmas Eve rolls around, all the containers get laid on the table, and the lids are taken off. We spend the rest of the day eating nothing but chocolate and sugar. It has to be one of the best days of the year! And yet, at the end of the day it has its drawbacks. You get really REALLY sick of sugar. Just goes to show that this world really doesn't have anything to offer for true satisfaction. The pleasure given by that great food was both temporary and, in the end, sickening. But the satisfaction given by delighting in God is eternal and wonderful.
Well, after thinking about this verse, a picture came to my head that I simply couldn't resist trying to take. So I got my camera out and set up for the picture below. It's no photographic wonder, but it still serves as a nice reminder of the truth taught in Psalm 34:8:
Like I said, it's nothing spectacular, but it's still a good reminder that God is the only one who is truly satisfying and delightful.
1 comment:
I love "object lessons", Sam. Do you remember when Hopie had to be persuaded to "Oh, just TRY it"? (and then she would often actually LIKE whatever it was!)
Thank you for making me think.
ajb
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