live love.

“blessed be the name of the Lord”
“his name is worthy to be praised”

maybe i’m missing something here.
but as i was thinking of those phrases the other day, i began to wonder.
why?
how?
why do we bless the name of the Lord?
how is a name worthy of praise?
the idea that the name of the Lord is amazes me.
so awe inspiring.
so powerful.
worthy.
confounds me.
confuses me.
inspires me.
how does praising or blessing His name work?
i think of a name, as well, a name. not much else.

yet i believe the Bible to be absolute truth.
and absolute truth tells me to bless His name and that His name alone is worthy of my praise.
so i have to believe that God is just so, i don’t even think there is a word that exists that describes the word that should fit here.
amazing isn’t powerful enough.
powerful. forever. creator. master.
none of these seems to fit.
i mean they all fit yet not enough.
they only scratch the surface of who God is.
if the name of God alone is that magnificent, that awesome, then how much more is He.
i can’t wrap my mind around this idea that His name alone is so worthy.
many times before i have come to the place of awe and not being able to comprehend God, but now His name.
a name.
a name seems so insignificant.
yet His is significant enough to be praised.

in all actuality.
i can’t fathom anything.
i really don’t get how anything could be.
the simplest things amazes me.
the fact that, that simple thing exists dumbfounds me.
the idea of life.
of living.
love.
redemption.
eating food.
growing.
nature.
death.
birth.
flight.
pictures.
video.
languages.
comprehension.
writing.
typing.
the idea that i can not fully understand what i am stating i do not understand.
the fact that i do not comprehend how i physically am able to type this sentence.
that as i type words appear on the screen, and that you know what these symbols called letters mean and represent.
why God made us.
why He bothers to spend so much on me.

i’ll never understand it all.
that much i do know.
or do i?
can i even know that….

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