Choose one of the following activities to creatively express your love and thanks through art.
A Picture of Safety
You are good to me and I am secure in you
Choose a psalm and spend some time meditating on it. What pictures or metaphors have been most helpful for you understanding you are secure in Christ and all your good comes from him? Draw, paint a picture, or write a poem/song depicting this. If helpful, right specific words of thanks and praise in or around the picture.
16 – The gladness of having God is my portion
In your presence there is fullness of joy
21 – Rejoicing in rich provision and security
Oh Lord, in your strength the king rejoices
23 – God’s intimate care of his people, his flock
The Lord is my shepherd.
27 – Confident that I will see the goodness of God
Be strong, and let your heart take courage;
wait for the Lord!
46 – God our unshakable refuge
Be still, and know that I am God…
The Lord of hosts is with us
84 – Longing for and rejoicing in God’s presence
Blessed are those who dwell in your house,
ever singing your praise!
91 – Mighty protection from all evil
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
Calling One Another to Praise
Let us all praise the Lord
Meditate on one of the psalms below. In this, consider how the psalmist calls his community and the world to praise God. What aspects of who God is and what he does gives you the greatest desire to invite others to praise him? Write a liturgy, poem or song that praises God and calls people to love and adore him. Or, artistically express this call to praise through drawing, painting, or other artistic means.
As it is a call to praise, who would you like to share it with? Make concrete plans of when, how, and with whom you want to share.
67 – Worldwide praise flowing from the blessing of God
Let the peoples praise you, O God;
let all the peoples praise you!
95 – Worship our great God
Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!
134 – A call to bless the Lord
Come, bless the Lord, all you servants of the Lord.
148 – Let all creation and all people praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord from the heavens;
praise him in the heights!
150 – Praise our great God with instruments and music!
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!