C.S. Lewis - our desires are too weak

C.S. Lewis, in The Weight of Glory wrote
If we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased. (p2, GPFHG 81)

Praising God

C.S. Lewis wrote
"I think we delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment; it is its appointed consummation." (Reflections on the Psalms p.95 GPFHG)

We quickly and gladly tell people about a good restaurant we've eaten at.
We are excited to talk of a quality movie.

How much more should we be caught up in the joy of knowing the creator of the universe. The sustainer of all things. The savior of our souls who indwells us and promises an eternity with Him!
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I found this story among my father’s belongings:
Betty, aged four, was taken by her governess to have tea with an aunt.
Presently she began to eat a piece of very rich cake.

“Oh, I just love this chocolate cake!” she exclaimed. “It’s awfully nice.”

"Betty, dear” corrected her governess, “it is wrong to say you love cake,
and I’ve frequently pointed out that ‘just’ is wrongly used in such a sentence.
Again, ‘awfully’ is quite wrong, ‘very’ would be more correct, dear.
Now repeat your remark, please.”

Betty obediently repeated: “I like chocolate cake; it is very good.”
“That’s better, dear,” said the governess, approvingly.
“But it sounds as if I was talking about bread,” protested the little girl.


We have the treasure of God incarnate, the indwelling Holy Spirit, adoption as children of God – do we SHOW IT?