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God does not need praise; we need to give it.
In many homes in Spring-time, little girls about three and four years of age, go out on the lawn and gather up bunches of dandelions. The mother is presented with them very solemnly. This creates a difficulty. She must get a vase for the dandelions; she may even have to display them, which she certainly does not want to do.
The mother does not need the dandelions. But the child needs to give them. By accepting the dandelions, mother is training the child in love, kindness, and goodness. Not to give a gift to the mother, however humble the gift, would mean the child was wanting in affection and obedience.
God does not need our praise; we need to give it.
Worship disaffects the soul of its prepossessions and attachments; de-egotizes it, creates a void. It prepares the soul for the reception of novelty, puts the ego out of self that the Divine may find a place.
Fulton Sheen
Life is Worth Living
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