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Scripture Reading: Psalm 147:1-20, Psalm 148:1-14, Psalm 149:1-9, Psalm 150:1-6

For centuries, astronomers have tried to find a way to catalog the stars. Disagreement about how to standardize naming conventions and existing inventories from various scientific entities over time and across borders create not just complexity but confusion. Where do we start? How do we organize? How do we capture what we can’t even see all at once? It’s a whole thing.

Sometimes facing humanity’s limits renews our understanding of God’s majesty. In today’s psalm we read that our God counts the stars and calls each one by name (Psalm 147:4). With no inventory or map or telescope required, He can see it all at once. 

As we walk through Holy Week and reflect on what Jesus experienced, let us remember this is the God we praise. While His power is mighty and His understanding infinite (v.5), His compassion for us tells of a God who sees not just the stars but our souls too. 

He can do anything—and He chose to give Himself to us. He made a way for us all and saves those whose hearts trust in Him. Our God sustains the humble (vv.1–6) and values those who fear Him (vv.10–11).

And during Holy Week, we rejoice that He made a way. It is good to sing praises to our God (v.1). The Amplified version says that He takes pleasure in those who “fear and worship Him [with awe-inspired reverence and obedience]” (v.11). 

When we praise the Lord...

Our reverence fuels our worship.
Our worship grows our humility.
Our humility opens our hearts to our need for restoration.

Our praise reminds us of the path to peace and rest. When we love Him and praise Him with all our hearts and souls and minds, we can find peace. 

This Holy Week, may we praise God for our risen Savior and remember His faithfulness to make a way for us all. May we worship our God who didn’t stop with the stars but has called each of us by name and calls us His own (Isaiah 43:1). And may we hold fast to His promises to heal our broken hearts (Psalm 147:3), rebuild what was lost (v.2), and strengthen us (vv.13–14). 

Oh, it is so good to sing to our God. When we bless the Lord, we are blessed and our souls find rest.

Written by Marnie Hammar