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Praise Psalms: a children's sermon

This children's story on praise Psalms using Ps 107 breaks several of my "How To" rules for children's stories because I used the long children's story itself as the sermon and the rest of the worship service was use for reading and creative interaction with various Psalms of praise. _______ What’s a Psalm? Poem or song  Talking to God or about God Collection of them in the Bible A couple weeks ago Hank talked about Vengeance Psalms where people told God how angry they were, and Joe lifted weights, and then we wrote or drew on pieces of paper.  What other types of emotions do you think people might write or sing to God in the Psalms? Highest joy Lowest sadness Begging God for help Praise Telling God Thanks We have room to share our whole self with God no matter what our emotions are if we are angry or sad or happy. The people who wrote the Bible did! Whether it was one person, or a whole church. I was thinking about Thanksgiving this we...