Unfortunately, we live in a nation and a world that often appear “BREATHLESS.” It seems praise unto the Lord is becoming almost extinct around the world. Once again, the admonition is that everything that has breath (I suppose this would include animals, birds, and gilled fish in the sea … they have to take in oxygen in order to breathe) are to join we humans in praise unto The Lord. But humans seem to revel more in personal praise unto themselves. Praise is about breathing—the rhythmic act of inhaling and exhaling. For instance, we breathe in blessing in the form of favor, supply, provision, sustenance, and good health. And then we exhale praise to God when we say, “Lord I thank you. I love you. I realize I didn’t make any of this happen on my own. You have blessed me.” But when we don’t exhale praise and keep it all in, we are praising ourselves. We aren’t really breathing any more. All of that inhaling without exhaling praise … leaves one … “BREATHLESS”