Psalm Meditation 1353 ¶Pentecost ¶May 24, 2026 ¶Psalm 66 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm%2066&version=NRSVUE ¶I know there are people who see me as stupid or deluded because I believe in God, and God’s willingness and ability to provide for us as a gift of loving generosity. I am, mostly, okay with that. I am also aware that there are folks who will not be happy until everyone believes and practices the way they do. Some of those folks are staunch believers in God, while others are just as firm in their different, even opposite beliefs. I am not okay with those who press their beliefs as the one and only true way to believe and practice. ¶The psalmist wants people to offer praise to God for all of the awesome things that God has done and is doing in the world for the psalmist’s people. It is likely that the psalmist is inviting ‘my kind of people’ to join in these acts of praise and worship. The people outside of ‘our’ circle are free to worship their own way. The outsiders have punished us just as we would do to them given the opportunity. Through it all, the psalmist calls all those who will to worship, to hear the ways God has been with one person, and will also be present with each person who seeks to follow the ways of God. ¶God has been among us in many ways throughout salvation history and those who see divine activity in the world have been giving thanks for many years and in many ways. We offer our worship, thanks, and praise from our own hearts in gratitude for God’s presence among us. As we live out our gratitude to the best of our ability, others will notice and perhaps ask what we have that is missing in them. At our best, we can walk with them as they find their way to God. ¶May 18, 2026 ¶LCM