Doing the Praise Dance (no matter what!)

The electric bill is $500 dollars and about to be shut off, rent is behind, car insurance due...so I remember these words that I wrote years ago:

Praise

When it seems there is nothing left

     for which to praise you,

I will yet be thankful for Who You are.

When all my comfort is stripped away,

Thank you.

For then only,

You remain.

When my days are filled with pain,

Thank  you , Lord.

For then my resistance is depleted.

I will see You

High and lifted up.

Without myself to block Your Light.

A clearer vision of Who You are..

A sweeter song that dispels the night.

Julia Compton

October 13, 2000