"What's the password?"

 As a "baby boom-er" I grew up playing "Soldiers and Enemies" an off shoot of "cowboys and indians" and forerunner to "cops and robbers".  The post war culture made it relevant and in every "battle" you and your friends picked a password.  I've lived to see a culture where everyone has not just A password but so many you have to keep a list.  Everywhere you go in this electronic age asks for the login "password".  SO, it was in this context that I read today about God's "password".

Psalm 100 (A Thanksgiving Psalm in The Message version)  "On your feet now—applaud God! Bring a gift of laughter, sing yourselves into his presence.  Know this: God is God, and God, God. He made us; we didn't make him. We're his people, his well-tended sheep.  Enter with the password: "Thank you!"  Make yourselves at home, talking praise. Thank him. Worship him.  For God is sheer beauty, all-generous in love, loyal always and ever."

Lord, my login is Ben Rainey and my password is THANK YOU!!