I must have needed to get my praise and worship on, because I know I listened to this about 10 times in a row. Sometimes I’ll hear something that on a particular day just ministers to me and stays in my spirit – sometimes for days. I’m here at home by myself listening to this and watching the video, and it’s all I can do to keep from hopping up out of this chair and dancing like David danced all around my house singing this at the top of my lungs. But, err, uh, it’s 4:30 in the morning, so I don’t think my neighbors would appreciate that. :D

The song is called Highest Praise (aka The Lord is High Above the Heavens), and I don’t know who wrote it or popularized it. The YouTube video below isn’t the best quality, but it’s the only one I could find that I could embed on the blog. You can watch the original at this link for news station KTVU, which streamed the service from its website.

The performance was at the memorial service for Bishop Walter Hawkins. The choir is the choir for Bishop Hawkins’ Love Center Church, and the gentleman leading the song is the Minister of Music for the Love Center Church. There are other versions out there in videoland, but I like this one. This man SANG this song, y’all hear me!?