Bless Your Holy Name.

 I Bless Your Holy Name

A Reflection on Psalm 103:1, Psalm 145:1-2, and Daniel 2:20

I bless Your holy name—not with casual breath,

But with the deep, resounding praise that conquers fear and death.

Let every fiber of my being join the angelic cry:

“Bless the Lord, O my soul!” Let my spirit testify.

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless His holy name! (Psalm 103:1)

Blessed be Your name—not just when skies are blue,

When blessings tumble down and every prayer breaks through.

Blessed be Your name when the path is steep and dark,

When the storm howls fierce and the wound leaves its mark.

I bless Your name for the cross, the empty grave,

For the life You freely gave, the power to sin to save.

I bless Your name for mercy new every single day,

For the Spirit's gentle leading and the truth that lights my way.

Every day I will praise You and extol Your name for ever and ever. (Psalm 145:2)

Holy, holy, holy—Your name is a sacred flame.

Not a label or a formula, but the answer to my shame.

When I whisper “Jesus,” heaven bends to hear my call.

I bless Your holy name—my rock, my fortress, my all.

Let all creation join me—the mountains and the seas,

The stars in their courses, the whisper in the trees.

From the rising of the sun to its setting in the west,

I bless Your holy name—You are forever blessed.

Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever; wisdom and power are His. (Daniel 2:20)

Amen.