What is worship?

The Bible tells me that true worship of God is to serve his people; feed the hungry, visit those in jail, clothe the naked, take care of widows.

I am asked to love God with all my heart, all my soul and all my mind. Love him...

What does it mean to love him?
We all know the Biblical definition of love - patient, kind, keeps no record of wrongs...etc (1 Corinthians 13). God is love. We are not love, but we can be in love, we can have love.

Is worship then a form of love? Can it be more than love? Can it be less than love? Can it be something other than love?

First back to my original question...what is worship?

Millions of people around the world worship gods. They do many things from the mundane to the absurd, to the extreme and violent.

Why do people do these things in the name of worship? What is it that they are trying to accomplish. It seems that there should be a point for the rituals and ceremonies we perform. Is worship a form of earning praise or attention or even favor in the after-life? Sometimes. Is worship a way to absolve a person of their guilt and shame? I think it can be an attempt to do so.

These questions come up because I just watched "The Fountain." It occurred to me as I was watching this movie that the main character loved his wife to the point of worshipping her. He could not conceive of living without her. She found peace in the idea that her body would become part of the earth and would become part of the grass and the trees...and therefore would feed the birds and fly with them. She would become part of what is in nature. That was enough for her. He saw her peace with this idea and clutched this with all he had. He did not believe in the idea, he believed in her. The movie is too complex for me to explain here. It did get me thinking...

He could not live without her. Was his trust in something trustworthy? No. I think that if something is going to save me from the life I have, it has to be bigger, be more than me - by quite a lot.

I will have to finish this later...I got distracted by a phone call with a few friends.

This will be worked on this week! (I certainly have the time to do so!)

me.