22nd May 2024

Meditation Verse: Psalm 21 “Be exalted Lord, in Your strength.”

This week’s meditation is taken from a Psalm of praise to God.  It reminds me of the start of morning prayer:

“Bless the Lord, Oh my soul – and with all that is within you bless His holy name.”

In this we lift God up, we exalt Him with all that is within us.  Over the years of sharing morning prayer with my Renew family I have collected and noticed more and more names of our amazing God, this is one of the joys of sharing prayer together in our quiet spaces.  I have been pondering this afternoon on the practice of taking notice, I feel like this is ironically one of the least noticed ways to wellbeing.  I realised that is pausing daily in our prayer rhythms, being asked to notice what we are thankful for encourages me to take more notice of the little things that bring me joy.  Even on the most difficult days I can usually pick something out that made me smile or warmed my heart.  I challenge you this week to notice a new name for God to add to exalt Him with