True Thanksgiving

"O give thanks unto the Lord; for He is good: for His mercy endureth forever." Psalm 136:1 "O give thanks unto the Lord; for He is good: for His mercy endureth forever." Psalm 136:1 We are called to give thanks to God because His mercy endures forever. How strange! Do mercy and thanks include each other? Does not mercy presuppose misery and affliction? How strange and wonderful is the underlying current ofPsalm 136, called by the Jews the Great Thanksgiving! God is good. He is good, and...