Perfectly different in Christ

Do you feel different?  Different as a believer in Christ living in this world?  Do you notice it sometimes, all the time or is this the first time you have thought about it?  What makes you sense the difference?  Do people even sense something is different about you?  They should...

Notice anything different about these pictures?  Hair color, location, baby girl, baby boy?  Lots of things right?  But what is different about the inside of me?  Got any proof?  Only you would know to interact with me, read what I write, how I react, how I live.  I am different.  WAY different.


I think I feel different so much more these days.  But it's a good different.  We are called to be different says Romans 12:2.  "Do not be conformed to the pattern of this world."


It is natural for me to say "Praise the Lord" for a lot of things.  I say it in public, in private and my kids say it too.  But when I am in public and say "Praise the Lord" I get a reaction from people that tells me, "wow that's different."  But I really mean it, PTL!  As I grow in my walk with Him and I realize that He is the one blessing, directing, protecting and teaching me.  I want to praise Him all the more!


Praise Him!

Psalm 148

 Praise the LORD.
       Praise the LORD from the heavens,
       praise him in the heights above.
 Praise him, all his angels,
       praise him, all his heavenly hosts.
 Praise him, sun and moon,
       praise him, all you shining stars.
 Praise him, you highest heavens
       and you waters above the skies.
 Let them praise the name of the LORD,
       for he commanded and they were created.
 He set them in place for ever and ever;
       he gave a decree that will never pass away.
 Praise the LORD from the earth,
       you great sea creatures and all ocean depths,
 lightning and hail, snow and clouds,
       stormy winds that do his bidding,
 you mountains and all hills,
       fruit trees and all cedars,
 wild animals and all cattle,
       small creatures and flying birds,
 kings of the earth and all nations,
       you princes and all rulers on earth,
 young men and maidens,
       old men and children.
 Let them praise the name of the LORD,
       for his name alone is exalted;
       his splendor is above the earth and the heavens.
 He has raised up for his people a horn,
       the praise of all his saints,
       of Israel, the people close to his heart.
       Praise the LORD.