Praise Him!

Flipper is not a morning person, sorry, fish. At dawn when I go out on the balcony to check on him, he just lies motionless in one spot. At first I thought there was something wrong with him, but I’ve come to see that this is normal behaviour for him. One morning however, I noticed something that made me look again. Yes, my little fish has taught me a life lesson once more.
That particular morning, I stayed out on the porch a bit longer, singing a few Twi songs of praise. As I walked past the bowl again and again, I noticed that Flipper was very excited, swimming round and round, up and down. I wondered whether it was the passing plane that had unsettled him, but by the time I left, I realised that it was my songs of praise that had him all energised. I had walked past the bowl dozens of times, so it couldn’t be that. The verse that came to mind was Psalm 150:6 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! My fish was praising the Lord with me!
My fish’s circumstances hadn’t changed; he was still confined to a fishbowl. However, the praise made all the difference. Praise had lightened up the atmosphere. In the same way handling a difficult circumstance is always made easier to go through by praise. Praising through the storm helps you get through it. This week try it. No matter how difficult it sounds, praise the Lord through your trials, and experience His peace and joy! I have tried it, and I know its sooo true!