SOMETHING ABOUT MY PRAISE

Psalm 103:1  "Praise the Lord, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name."

There is a song I have been listening to today.  I have been packing and have my stereo pluged in with CDs I have made off music on my computer library.  This song is called "Something About My Praise".  It goes, just the part that I have really been stuck on is "there is something about my praise, He loves".  This phrase has just penetrated my soul today.  Something about my praise, my praise that He is listening to, and He loves it.  He loves my praise.

Do you know what that does to a worshiper to realize that the Lord loves their praise.  It heightens the level of the praise.  The more the Lord shows me, tells me that He loves my praise, the more I praise Him.  Can you feel His presence surrounding you when you are praising Him totally, completely from your inmost being?  Just honoring the Lord with your song, giving Him the praise and worship He is due, just for being your Lord God Almighty.

My God, how I love to worship You.  I am honored and humbled that You chose me to worship You.  That You stop and listen to what I am singing to You, what I am telling You from my heart, and You love my praise.  How can I not praise Your name, as I love You so.  I go from worshiping You in song to just telling You how very much I love You.  Sometimes my heart feels so big, so enlarged as it expands with love for You. 

I keep trying in my mind to put a picture to Your face, my Lord.  I know You get amused at me trying to do this, as I never seem to tire trying to picture You in my mind as I worship You.  But the  more I try to focus on an actual face, the more I feel Your presence with me, in me.  I feel so loved when I am trying to see Your face.  I really try to  almost move into Your being, to be completely one with You.  I long to be with You my Lord.  To be one with You, to see Your face, to touch Your face.

In my new home, I will have a real prayer closet, where no one will enter except my Lord and I.  It will be where I can sit and worship You, my God, and where You can just rest in me, and I can rest in You.  It will be a quiet place where I can pray, seek your face, seek Your will for each new day, ask Your advice on things that come up.  I am so excited to have a place where nothing else takes place but conversations between my Pappa and me.  My Lord, You have been so good to me.  I do so love to praise You and thank You for each day, for each new blessing You pour out on me.

Lord, my precious Lord, You are so worthy of all praise, all honor and glory.  You keep Your hand on me all the time, giving me more love than I would have ever known, except for You.  This 6th day of July, 2011, I am so joyful, especially as I hear from You, my God, that there is something about my praise You love.