Thursday, November 3, 2016

Praise

Praise has the power to heal.  Praise = admiration.  To not admire would mean to miss out of something.  To admire is to simply be awake, to have entered into the real world.  (Keller quoting CS Lewis)


This morning I started the day listening to the Prayer (David Archuleta), a recording I admire greatly.  Just hearing him sing, his voice joined with the other vocalist, the instruments and the words  . . . caused a response of such peace, joy and a surrender -  to be lost in the moment.  I’m just so grateful for the experience.  Such is admiration.  

This is what praising our Father is like.  It touches something so deep within us that we are changed by the experience.  It’s not something we can muster up or make happen.  It’s something we can enter into when we give Him the opportunity, to listen and just be present with Him, when we give Him our focus and attention . . . He is there with us and we are forever changed.



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