The Worship Quote of the Week for (07/07/1998):

Gratitude and Adoration This summer, the WORSHIP QUOTE OF THE WEEK will be taken from the many and varied writings of C. S. Lewis, 1898-1963. This is the year we celebrate the centenary of his birth. This week's WORSHIP QUOTE from Lewis has sent me to the dictionary. GRATITUDE AND ADORATION Gratitude exclaims, "How good of God to give me this." Adoration says, "What must be the quality of that Being whose far-off and momentary coruscations are like this!" One's mind runs back up the sunbeam to the sun. - C. S. Lewis, LETTERS TO MALCOLM: CHIEFLY ON PRAYER, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1964. And courtesy of Webster's dictionary, we have: Coruscation, n. A glittering or flashing; a quick vibration of light; intellectual brilliancy. [Lord, forgive us when we fail to bless the Giver because we are preoccupied with the gift. Help us to be appropriately grateful to you, and then to see beyond gratitude to adoration. Amen!] Have a great week, Chip Stam Pastor of Worship and Music Chapel Hill Bible Church Chapel Hill, North Carolina