"I had approached God, or my idea of God, without love, without awe, even without fear. He was, in my mental picture of this miracle, to appear neither as Savior nor as Judge, but merely as a magician; and when He had done what was required of Him I supposed He would simply - well, go away." -C.S. Lewis, Surprised by Joy.
In my C.S. Lewis class, we started off by reading Surprised by Joy, which is C.S. Lewis' autobiography of how he went from atheism to Christianity. The above quote was written in the very beginning of the book as he was talking about the way he prayed when he was just a very young confused boy, but it really caught my attention. How many times have I viewed God as just that? It made me stop & think about how often I approach God in my prayers just simply in need of something. "God help me do this, God change that, God help her, God fix this sickness, God please do that, etc." Too often I get so caught up in myself and my world that I don't even take the time to just be in awe of who I'm talking to. The fact that God even listens to me is SUCH a privilige and I am so undeserving and unworthy. The man I call upon is so worthy of all praise. I think I forget that sometimes. It actually excites me when I think about how good He is, and how much He loves me. <3 Seriously is that not something to be super ecstatic about?! I mean it may be sooo simply worded but it's such a profound truth. ("it's the beauty of simplicity that brings me down to my knees. i'll praise You for eternity, Lord I love You because You, you first loved me") Sometimes especially after a bad day, I can't think of anything better to do that just praise Him. ("Oh Praise the One who paid my debt, and raised this life up from the dead":)) So just remember, no matter what the circumstances may be, Our God is a loving God who is SOOOO deserving and worthy of our everything. Just praise God for who He is, because He's more than enough. <3
when i think about the Lord
how He saved me, how He raised me
how He filled me with the Holy Ghost
how He healed me to the uttermost
when i think about the Lord
how he picked me up
turned me around
how He set my feet
on solid ground
it makes me want to shout
hallelujah! thank you, Jesus!
Lord, you're worthy
of all the glory, and all the honor
and all the praise!
Hallelujah! thank you, Jesus!
Lord, you're worthy
of all the glory, and all the honor
and all the praise!
-shane&shane
(ephesians 2:4-7, 2 corinthians 5:17)
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