I remember exactly where I was when I truly realized what it meant to sing praises over another human being. I was sitting in a NICU, and he was barely three pounds of flesh and bones.  I sang praises over him this 8 week old premature baby boy of mine.  I didn’t care of i sang off key or if I knew the words or if anyone heard me. All I could do was thank God for his little life and sing sweet songs to him from my heart to his.

Becoming a mother has a way of humbling you. It makes you keenly aware of how vulnerable you are. When I became a mother I realized almost immediately that there was something in this world that I would do absolutely anything for. Someone I would sing praises over.

The Lord your God is with you,
the Mighty Warrior who saves.
He will take great delight in you;
in his love he will no longer rebuke you,
but will rejoice over you with singing, (Zeph 3:17).

Here is what I learned:

1. You are that someone to God, and so am I.
2. It took me a little longer to accept those praises He sang.
3. He kept singing.
4. I had to learn how to recieve those praises.
5. This has been a critical point for me in my weight loss journey.

My heart could not receive the praises God sung over me. But, once I started to understand that I needed to first receive those praises, like the praises i sung over my children, then I began to feel my heart’s acceptance. I felt cherished. I felt praises. I felt lovely. Even if at first I could not feel that love, I had faith it would happen.

In order to change our hearts and change our bodies, we have to see ourselves differently. First, see yourself as a child of God.

You are lovely.

God sings praises over you.

Believe it.

Praying,

P31Wife