CS Lewis - We all despise the man who demands continued assurance of his own virtue, intelligence or delightfulness; we despise still more the crowd of people round every dictator, every millionaire, every celebrity, who gratify that demand. Thus a picture, at once ludicrous and horrible, both of God and His worshippers, threatened to appear in my mind. The Psalms were especially troublesome in this way – ‘Praise the Lord, O praise the Lord with me, Praise Him. . . . Worse still was the statement put into Gods own mouth, whoso offereth me thanks and praise, he honoureth me (50:23). It was hideously like saying, What I most want is to be told that I am good and great. . . . It was extremely distressing. It made one think what one least wanted to think. Gratitude to God, reverence to Him, obedience to Him, I thought I could understand; not this perpetual eulogy. . . .”
Posted on: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 14:28:39 +0000
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