“I will exalt you, my God the King; I will praise your name forever and ever. Every day I will praise you and extol your name forever and ever.”
Psalm 145:1-2
[We continue during the last days of this month to set our thoughts on heaven along with several previous Anchor authors whose lives drew to a close during or after their writing.]
The book of Psalms builds to a huge crescendo of praise, its last five psalms beginning and ending with the word “Hallelujah!”
When I realized this, I prayed, “Lord, make my first waking thought every morning be ‘Hallelujah!’ and my last closing thought each night be ‘Hallelujah!’ Then, Lord, let my last word here on earth and my first word as I enter eternity be ‘Hallelujah!’” When we get to heaven, I hope you’ll ask me if it was so.
I read something that said if you could be suspended high enough over any major city, you’d hear that city’s sounds blend into one tone. Apparently, Chicago “hums” bass; London “hums” baritone; New York City “hums” tenor. Let the hum of your life sound out praises to our King. Sing to Him! When we reach our heavenly home, we will join in on the songs our hearts are inclined to because we had been singing echoes of them all along.
The book of Psalms builds to a huge crescendo of praise, its last five psalms beginning and ending with the word “Hallelujah!”
When I realized this, I prayed, “Lord, make my first waking thought every morning be ‘Hallelujah!’ and my last closing thought each night be ‘Hallelujah!’ Then, Lord, let my last word here on earth and my first word as I enter eternity be ‘Hallelujah!’” When we get to heaven, I hope you’ll ask me if it was so.
I read something that said if you could be suspended high enough over any major city, you’d hear that city’s sounds blend into one tone. Apparently, Chicago “hums” bass; London “hums” baritone; New York City “hums” tenor. Let the hum of your life sound out praises to our King. Sing to Him! When we reach our heavenly home, we will join in on the songs our hearts are inclined to because we had been singing echoes of them all along.
Scripture Focus
Psalm 145
Insight
This is from the May 2009 Anchor by Anne Ortlund. Surely, she uttered “Hallelujah!” when she passed away four years later at age 89 and entered heaven.
Bible In A Year
- Judges 14-15
- Psalm 116
- 1 Corinthians 8-9