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Yes, 
praise the Lord, 
you armies of angels who serve him and do his will!
Praise the Lord, everything he has created, 
everything in all his kingdom.
Let all that I am 
praise the Lord.
Psalm 103:21-22 NLT
The word "praise" is "barak", to kneel, to bless. It's a verb. It's something we do, it's not an idea but an action, or practice.
And in David's mind it is something that the angels do, that creation does, and that he wants to have emanate from the very core of who he is, his "nephesh", his soul, his personhood, his emotional centre, what we might call the heart. 
This praising, blessing, kneeling towards God, is not something we do alone but we do with the angels and with all of creation. 
Not sure what the angels are doing, but the created world is going about its everyday stuff as I hear the birds chirping in the early morning. Their praise is in the ordinary, in being who they are.
Maybe that's the invitation at the end of this song, that praising & blessing our God is found in who we are, going about our everyday stuff, but with our hearts oriented towards Him, choosing to live in the everyday of life with hearts oriented towards, kneeling before, our God. 
Grateful. Exercising that practice of gratitude.
Loving my neighbour. Exercising kindness, generosity, grace, peacemaking in my everyday things.
Knowing that my everyday stuff is enough, because in God's eyes, I am enough. 
Just as the birds rest, know it's OK to rest too. 
We're invited to join the angels, to join creation, to step into wide open spaces and praise our God.
#psalms
#psalm103
#wideopenspaces
#youareBeloved 

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