I'm starting to read a book by David Crowder, "Praise Habit".
My brother got it for me for Christmas this year.
It is excellent.
I know this because after reading the introduction I couldn't stop smiling because he expressed everything I've ever wanted to say about eastern religion and its relationship to Christianity so perfectly.
Here's an excerpt:
"The consequences of this discovery were huge. If He was in a sandwich, where else could He be found? Every moment was becoming holy. Nothing was nonspiritual. This was habitual praise- a perpetually sacred acknowledgment of the Giver of every good thing. A relentless embracing of good and a discarding of bad with an awareness of the one who in the beginning spoke those life-affirming words."
-David Crowder
Then last night I read Psalm 148. It goes as follows:
"Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord from the heavens!
Praise him from the skies!
Praise him, all his angels! Praise him, all the armies of heaven!
Praise him, sun and moon! Praise him, all you twinkling stars!
Praise him, skies above! Praise him, vapors high above the clouds!
Let every created thing give praise to the Lord, for he issued his command, and they came into being.
He set them in place forever and ever. His decree will never be revoked.
Praise the Lord from the earth, you creatures of the ocean depths, fire and hail, snow and clouds, wind and weather that obey him, mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars, wild animals and all livestock, small scurrying animals and birds, kings of the earth and all people, rulers and judges of the earth, young men and young women, old men and children.
Let them all praise the name of the Lord. For his name is very great; his glory towers over the earth and heaven!
He has made his people strong, honoring his faithful ones- the people of Israel who are close to him.
Praise the Lord!"
It seems to gel well with what Crowder was talking about. The idea that "Nothing was nonspiritual" has always been something that i've thought about. When i've learned about eastern religion it seemed to go along the same lines- that holiness, that truth is everywhere, in everything. Which is the right idea, just a pivotally wrong focus. God can be found in everything, because he made everything. You can find praise in absolutely everything you do, everything you look at, everything you think about. And when that happens, you're probably in a good place.
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