Praising God

During this year I have been using Joan Chittister's The Psalms, Meditations for Every Day of the Year in my meditation time.
Using one Psalm a month, Chittister (a Benedictine nun, writer, and speaker), writes a short reflection for each day of the month. December's Psalm is 89: "The heavens declare your wonders; the assembly of your holy ones praises you. Who can compare with you, O God? Who is like you?"

Chittister's comment for December 4 is: "We talk a lot about the need to praise God. I think it is equally necessary to praise people in whom we see the gifts of God. When we praise people we encourage them to go on doing good. Praise someone today--warmly, openly, sincerely, and watch the good things of God multiply before your very eyes."

During Advent and Christmas, give the gift of praise to the people around you who are going good! Your praise will be a gift to the person, to God, and to the world which is in deep need of the love and grace of God and the good deeds of humanity. It might even be a gift to you, enabling you to be a more faithful child of God as we prepare for the coming of Jesus the Christ!