C.S. Lewis-- The Root and Result of Praise

“I have never noticed that all enjoyment spontaneously overflows into praise unless (sometimes even if) shyness or the fear of boring others is deliberately brought in to check it.” “as men spontaneously praise whatever they value, so they spontaneously urge us to join them in praising it...I think we delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment; it is its appointed consummation.” (p. 94-95).

“It is along these lines that I find it easiest to understand the Christian doctrine that “Heaven” is a state in which angels now, and men hereafter, are perpetually employed in praising God.” (p.96).

“Fully to enjoy is to glorify. In commanding us to glorify Him, God is inviting us to enjoy Him.” (p.97).

Reflections on the Psalms (Harvest Book)By C.S. Lew