Raise Your Praise
The Kids at Strong's Museum in NY for Chloe's 10th Birthday! Rise and Shine for Jesus! By Pam Iannello (my late mother) "Raise Your Praise" The book of Psalms consists of 150 independent compositions written by a number of authors over a spread of many centuries. It is impossible to sufficiently summarize the richness contained in this lyrical collection of vivid writings. Every reader will find they contain hymns that praise God for personal and national salvation. These reflective arrangements also contain the laments of God's people in difficult situations as the psalmists looked to God in moments of private despair and times of national suffering. Amidst their difficulties they found release by lifting their heartfelt laments and praises to God. The book of Psalms preserves a poetic record of the ups and downs of personal and national religious experience. Some of the most beautiful poems are written during times of despair… And like all po...