Lost in Wonder, Love and Praise

2012-01-12T12:12:00.000-08:00

The phrase "lost in wonder, love and praise" was penned by Charles Wesley as the grand conclusion of his poem Love Divine, All Loves Excelling. These words inspire us to a deeper understanding of worship.

If I am honest with myself, it is the element of wonder that is most difficult for me to maintain and keep fresh in my life. Recently, I read the following statement by G. K. Chesterton about this issue of keeping wonder alive:

"Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, 'Do it again'; and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony. But perhaps God is strong enough to exult in monotony. It is possible that God says every morning, 'Do it again' to the sun; and every evening, 'Do it again' to the moon.... It may be that He has the eternal appetite of infancy; for we have sinned and grown old, and our Father is younger than we."

Soli Deo Gloria,
gerald

IN TUNE!

Lost in Wonder, Love and Praise