By Joseph Ametepe
On October 18, 2024, in addition to my daily thanksgivings, I thanked my God for being RESPLENDENT, our ROCK, our REFUGE, our REAR GUARD, our REDEEMER, the REDEEMER OF ISRAEL, our RESTORER, the RESTORER OF ISRAEL, the ROCK OF REFUGE, the ROCK OF AGES, the ROCK OF ISRAEL, the ROCK OF JACOB, the REVEALER OF SECRETS, RIGHTEOUS, the RIGHTEOUS ONE, the RIGHTEOUS ONE OF ISRAEL, the RIGHTEOUS ONE OF JACOB, the RIGHTEOUS FATHER, the RIGHTEOUS MIGHTY ONE, for being the One to be REVERED, RESPECTED, and highly REGARDED, for Jesus – the RIGHTEOUS ONE OF GOD, the RULER OF THE KINGS OF THE EARTH, for being our RIGHTEOUSNESS, our REDEMPTION, for REASONING with us even though sometimes we can be like unreasoning animals, for REMAINING IN HIM, for His RULE and REIGN in our hearts and in the world, for His REST, RENEWAL, REVIVAL, RESTORATION, REFRESHMENT, and REPLENISHMENT, for REGISTERING and RECORDING our names in the Book of Life, for a ROOF over my head, for making ROOM for us to grow, for His REMINDERS, for REMEMBERING us and acting graciously on our behalf, for His gift of REPENTANCE, for His of RECONCILIATION – that is, RECONCILING us to Himself through Jesus Christ, for REMOVING our sins as far as the east is from west, for not wanting us to RESIST Him or RUNAWAY from Him, for His REJECTION that brought about our RECEPTION into His family.