This really sums it up, doesn’t it? The rest of the reading is full of examples of how to do this is particular life situations, and is a valuable guide for our behaviour day-in and day-out. This first verse could profitably be taped to a computer screen and read at the beginning of each day. How would our lives be changed if we evaluated our actions be this criterion? “Is what I’m about to do something that I can do in the name of the Lord? Am I giving thanks for everything - good and bad - that He has sent to me?”