Verses 3 – 5 tell us some of the benefits which we receive from the Lord, “Who pardons all your iniquities; Who heals all your diseases; Who redeems your life from the pit; Who crowns you with loving kindness and compassion; Who satisfies your years with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle. What more could anyone ask? To have all our sins blotted out. All our sicknesses healed. We are redeemed from the pits of destruction, to have our lives literally surrounded and crowned with love and compassion for our family and friends, and they for us. To have our entire life satisfied with good and great things, so that our youth is even renewed like that of the strength of an eagle. All this is more than anyone could ever ask for, or deserve. Our minds are definitely not able to grasp the entire scope of the awesomeness of these promises. What a marvelous place to be, when we are in the center of God’s perfect will for our lives, and what a lopsided exchange for such overwhelming benefits. We give the Lord our poverty, and He gives us His riches in Glory. We give Him our sinfulness, and He covers us with His Holy Blood, which becomes our only righteousness. We give Him all our inabilities, and He opens up to us the unlimitedness of the treasures in Heavenly places. We give Him our brokenness, and He, and our Heavenly Father come and make our hearts their personal…
