Sometimes you couldn't get anymore excited even if you tried! Rain can bring out the best in us:) Here in Nebraska the wind blows for weeks at a time, but rain seems much more sporadic. It comes in big bunches, but not very often. So, I guess when it comes you enjoy it; splash, play, take pictures, pose, and get wet.
Sometimes our Spiritual experience is more like wind and other times it is more like rain.
Yes, and that is why you keep coming back. Your hooked on a feeling, High on believing... Would you spend time in prayer, reading, reflecting if you didn't feel better afterward? How about if it made you feel worse? What if our feelings aren't the purpose of devotion? What if devotion is the purpose of devotion? What if God is trying to cleanse me of using devotions/spiritual practices as a "self-help" tool? As a way to feel better about myself? What if God wants to lead me to a place of utter dependence on him, obedience, humility?
And what if I don't want that...
"A soul will never grow until it is able to let go of the tight grasp it has on God." -John of the Cross, The Dark Night of the Soul
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