This has got to be one of my favorite quotes from this book! It gives us a great place to approach God from, and for those of us who have pride issues, it sure does put us in our place.
"In God you come up against something which is in every respect immeasurably superior to yourself. Unless you know God as that- and, therefore, know yourself as nothing in comparison- you do not know God at all. As long as you are proud you cannot know God. A proud man is always looking down on things and people: and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you."
And another good one. However, as much as I talk against the me-focused worship issue, I don't know that forgetting about yourself completely is necessarily what should happen in God's presence. By still thinking about ourselves in light of God, we can find ways to praise Him, recognizing His loving works on our behalf, and also thinking about how we can respond to His revelation of Himself to us. I think I'm being a little over analytical though, Lewis is just trying to make a strong point :)
"The real test of being in the presence of God is, that you forget about yourself altogether or see yourself as a small, dirty object. It is better to forget about yourself altogether."
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