Praise the LORD from the heavens;
praise him in the heights above.
2 Praise him, all his angels;
praise him, all his heavenly hosts.
3 Praise him, sun and moon;
praise him, all you shining stars.
4 Praise him, you highest heavens
and you waters above the skies.
praise him in the heights above.
2 Praise him, all his angels;
praise him, all his heavenly hosts.
3 Praise him, sun and moon;
praise him, all you shining stars.
4 Praise him, you highest heavens
and you waters above the skies.
5 Let them praise the name of the LORD,
for at his command they were created,
6 and he established them for ever and ever—
he issued a decree that will never pass away.
for at his command they were created,
6 and he established them for ever and ever—
he issued a decree that will never pass away.
7 Praise the LORD from the earth,
you great sea creatures and all ocean depths,
8 lightning and hail, snow and clouds,
stormy winds that do his bidding,
9 you mountains and all hills,
fruit trees and all cedars,
10 wild animals and all cattle,
small creatures and flying birds,
11 kings of the earth and all nations,
you princes and all rulers on earth,
12 young men and women,
old men and children.
you great sea creatures and all ocean depths,
8 lightning and hail, snow and clouds,
stormy winds that do his bidding,
9 you mountains and all hills,
fruit trees and all cedars,
10 wild animals and all cattle,
small creatures and flying birds,
11 kings of the earth and all nations,
you princes and all rulers on earth,
12 young men and women,
old men and children.
13 Let them praise the name of the LORD,
for his name alone is exalted;
his splendor is above the earth and the heavens.
14 And he has raised up for his people a horn,[b]
the praise of all his faithful servants,
of Israel, the people close to his heart.
for his name alone is exalted;
his splendor is above the earth and the heavens.
14 And he has raised up for his people a horn,[b]
the praise of all his faithful servants,
of Israel, the people close to his heart.
Praise the LORD.
Have you ever thought about what it's going to be like when we get to heaven? Praising God all the time not just by singing but by other acts of worship. I've said many times and I've heard people say many times, "I can't wait to get to heaven so I can praise God for eternity." Have you heard this? Well, I just had an epiphany when reading verses 1-6...why wait! Why wait until we get to heaven to praise God continually? It should be a daily, hourly, by the minute thing!
This morning I was captivated by the sunrise. I don't normally take pictures of them with my phone because the quality isn't that good. But I thought this one was particularly interesting. Do you notice how next to the light pole (which made for a bad distraction in the image) there is also another spot of light? Well this just wasn't a spot, it was a beam! It was so cool. I had never seen the sun shine through the clouds vertically like that. God's creativity is amazing and what's even more beautiful about this is we will never see this sunrise again. This morning was it. If you didn't get a chance to see it changing, you missed it. God get every morning to create something new and I look forward to these spectacular images twice a day, morning and night.
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