The War Between Those Who Want to be Adored and those Who Adore

“I was not born to be free—I was born to adore and obey.” ― C.S. Lewis

My wife asked me do I want to be adored or to adore? I will give you my answer to her at the end of this article.

After listening to this question I suddenly understood what ails the world yesterday, today and tomorrow. Adoration!

Adoration is defined as: deep love and respect, worship or veneration.

QUESTION: Who are what do you love, respect, worship or venerate?

To adore oneself or not to adore oneself, that is the question.

There are those who adore themselves, they adore a particular ideology, they worship a deity, they venerate objects.

Many have written about the Culture War we are experiencing. Many have written about the so called Woke Culture and Wokeism.

QUESTION: What is the foundation, the undergirding idea behind the Woke Culture?

ANSWER: It’s all about adoration!

Adoration 

Today there are roughly two groups of people, those who adore themselves and those who adore a higher calling. Let’s list what each of these groups adore.

Those who adore themselves:

• Politicians.
• The political class.
• The elite.
• Dictators, be they Fascist, Communists, Nazis, Islamists or just plain mean.
• Hollywood actors, directors, producers, in general.
• The LGBTQ+ community and those who support their agenda. After all they have “Gay Pride” month. Isn’t pride self-adoration?
• Environmentalists.
• Scientists.
• Government officials at every level.
• Corporate CEOs, who no longer care about their customers but are self absorbed in adoring themselves and all of the above.
• The rich and powerful who control the legacy media, social media and what we see in films, TV and hear on the radio. Those who adore themselves are the ultimate propagandists.

The above list of self-adorers are interconnected and act according to their love of themselves and their collectivist ideals. They support one another to push policies that are anti-liberty, anti-life and anti-individual. For them it’s either idolize me or face sever consequences.

Those who adore a higher calling:

• Those who love the God of Abraham. Except those who Jews who are part of the group above.
• Those who love Jesus the Son of God. Except those Christians, including the Pope, who are part of the group above.
• Those who love Allah, however some of these are starting to adore themselves more than their God.
• Those who love their country. In America this group is called patriots.
• Those who love their role in the traditional family made up of a mother, father and their biological children.
• Those who love the sinner but hate their sins.
• Those who believe in life, liberty and the individual pursuit of happiness.

Adoring one’s wife, family, children, grandchildren, country, God, etc. have a totally different world view than those who adore themselves. This group serve a higher calling. It’s not about the individual it’s about doing the right things. This group judges others by the content of their character not the color of their skin or political belief system.

The Bottom Line

Those who adore themselves think of what is good for me, myself and I. Those who adore on a higher plain think about others and doing the right thing.

Peter Kreeft said, “Only God may be adored, because only God is unlimited goodness, truth, and beauty, and thus only God deserves unlimited love.”

Canadian philosopher and author Matshona Dhliwayo wrote, “If a woman stands behind you, respect her; if she stands beside you, cherish her; if she stands with you, adore her.”

Now I will tell you how I answered by wife of 57 years when she asked me would you rather be adored or adore.

I told her that I would rather adore God and His Son, her, our son, our daughter-in-law, our grandchildren and our family.

I also adore my country, after have served in the United States Army for 23-years my love of my country, our flag and our Constitution is unyielding. Many of those I served with gave the last full measure of devotion to the nation. They to I adore for their sacrifices.

Do not adore is wrong, just don’t adore yourself, take the high ground and adore a higher calling. You will be happier, healthier and blessed.

©Dr. Rich Swier. All rights reserved.

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