The lovingkindness of God is also better than life because it is constant. That lovingkindness of God is unchangeable. The lovingkindness of God is constant. That lovingkindness of God is better than life because it is eternal. Life is not.
Life is but for fifty, sixty, or seventy years.
If our thanksgiving is in things, it is only for a time. I don't say that things may not be the occasion for our thanksgiving. Certainly we give thanks and praise God for these things. But we do not find our joy in them. They are not an end for us.