Sing praises to God,

    sing praises!

For God is the King

   of all the earth.

          Psalm 47. 6-7

(What am I listening to?

What am I humming?

What songs are

    stuck in my head

    on automatic repeat?

Songs of grumbling

and complaining

and dissatisfaction?

Singing praises to God

doesn't just make us feel good

but actually physically

      changes our brains

      and ultimately our hearts.

We can change

    the station we

    are influenced by.

Praise sees differently

and looks differently

altering how we live,

choices we make,

how we respond,

how we love God

     and love others.

How can I approach this day

   and even this difficulty

with praise to God

   in my heart and words?

What song

    am I singing today?

What new song

    am I composing?)

O LORD,

May we sing out loud

the song that never ends,

the song of Your steadfast love

and joy in unexpected places.

May our lives

    be radically different

even in what we sing.

May we be aware

that others are listening

   to what we praise

and the songs of our heart.