| | Okay, so I read the quote below toady out of that book I've been reading. Well, it made me feel really really happy by answering a question or two that I've had for months, and overall it was just really encouraging to read. "...balancing truths of worshiping in Spirit and worshiping in truth are complementary. It is important to realize this because frankly, all of us at times attempted to engage in public or private worship but found no fire on the alter of our heart. Meditations on the Word, rightly done, can rekindle the emotions of worship. Conversely, the right kind of heart for God longs to be guided by truth. We must have both. Jesus said the greatest commandment involved loving God with all your heart and with all the mind (Mark 12:30). Otherwise we worship in vain. Should we stop attending worship or discontinue daily devotions if we can't seem to maintain the right balance of spirit and truth? What if we endured a long period of spiritual dryness where practically every proposed worship experience seems little more than an exercise in hypocrisy? Why continue if we are just worshiping in vain? No, we should not stop engaging in the forms of worship even though we don't have the feelings of worship. There are some things in which we must persevere even when we don't feel like it, just because it is the right thing to do. Remember that even our "best" worship is imperfect in some ways, however minuscule those imperfections might be. But we don't advocate the cessation of worship then because it is somewhat flawed. More importantly, it is probable that the "breakthrough" in restoring the joy and freedom of worship will happen in the context of worship. People frequently tell me that they didn't feel like coming to church at a particular service, but something happened during that time that refreshed them and restored their spiritual perspective. Every believer must cross a few spiritual desserts in his or her pilgrimage to the Celestial City." --D.S. Whitney, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life And now I'm feeling awesome. |
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