The Words We Use in Worship - Adore

Pastor Darin's message this Sunday was on the discipline of silence.  He commented on how noisy he found his mind to be in trying to practice this discipline, and began to recognize how our time not just with God, but with our families and friends really suffers when the noise in our heads keeps us from being truly present in those moments.  I came across a blog post today from Carmen D'Arcy that seemed to connect with Sunday's message.  Carmen wasn't writing about the discipline of silence, but in thinking about the word "adore," she came to similar conclusions about our need as followers of Christ to intentionally seek to be lay down the noise in our lives and be present with God.    

"I started thinking about how adoration, at its core, pre-supposes all of my affection. All of my attention. All of my passion.  I love this definition of adoration: “to be fully fixed upon without distraction”. I ran across that phrase years ago. I can’t remember where it came from anymore, but the bottom line is this -- it’s impossible to adore someone or something authentically if we can easily be distracted from it." 

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We use that word "adore" quite often in the context of our worship.  It is a necessary challenge for us to really take the words we sing to heart, think about what they really mean and what they look like in action.  Be challenged by Carmen's question, do you really "adore" Jesus?  If you are easily distracted from Him, especially in a time that is set apart for "adoring" Him,  what would help you to be able to stay present and be more fully fixed on Him?  Maybe working on that silence discipline could help.  I've decided to take the silence discipline on, and today was rough, but especially now that I've considered how it could aid in not being distracted from the One worthy of my adoration, I'm willing to work at it for a while.  Anyone else recognize the need to quiet down the multi-tasking noise?