# Eternally singing praises to God

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Podcast: [Grace for All](https://stenobird.com/podcast/grace-for-all-6595211)
Published: 2026-06-23T07:30:00+00:00
Episode link: https://graceforall.captivate.fm/episode/eternally-singing-praises-to-god
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Psalm 146:2 I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God all my life long. About twenty years ago, I was surprised when I received a call from my pastor, as Jim very rarely called me. “It’s mama,” he said. My heart sank. Suddenly, his sweet mother, who had always been so full of life, was gone. Jim was pastor of the little United Methodist church in Tarboro, NC, but a few decades earlier, his father was pastor of the same church, so their ties to that community ran deep. Consequently, this service would be a big one, and he wanted to let me know about it as soon as possible. “I really hate to ask,” he said, “but is there any way there could be a choir? She loved it so much.” Of course there would be. Spirit-led, I was instantly in mind of a sermon he had preached only a short time earlier, in which he described songs we sing when no one is listening as private devotions. An example he gave was of his mom vacuuming the house while humming “Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me.” I knew that hymn had to be sung at her service, so I wrote an arrangement for the choir, ending with the congregation being invited to join in, humming the melody a cappella . When I turned around from the choir to invite the congregation to join, I inadvertently locked eyes with Jim. I was an emotional wreck, but I also knew that we had appropriately honored his mom. Her song, even though she was no longer able to sing it, carried on. Fast forward to a couple of years ago, Mother’s Day. My wife and I were hosting a dinner for family, including my mom and her mother. My sweet Nana was riddled with dementia at this point, and she didn’t always remember my name. In fact, despite having been there before, when she got to my house, she complimented my sister on it, thinking it was hers.…

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