Does anyone ever feel this way?

[Vickilynn]

I'm one of those people who just LOVES to pray, and to worship God.

Here's the deal, though.....

....many times, when I'm praying, and expressing the deep love that's in my heart, I almost feel like I cannot fully express what I'm feeling, and that this makes me a little disconnected from God.

Like, I want to feel SO close to Him, yet I never seem to get close enough to satisfy my spiritual longing.

It's as though my words are not deep enough to fully express my feelings. I can say "I love you" over and over, and meditate on His beautiful countenance, but in the end, it still does not seem to communicate the depth of my emotions.

When I was about 12, I did receive the gift of tongues, and remember that this was the one tiome in my life that I felt so richly close to God, and like the utterances that came out of my mouth properly and truly expressed my feelings.

I have long since lost that gift, though, and am left with mere human words, which do not seem to do the trick.

Has anyone else ever felt this way? Is it right?

Do you think that it's because of the limited scope of our vocabulary, or is something holding me back?

Shalom April,

I understand and have felt the same way. I loved reading your description and your out-pouring of exaltation to G-d, it's beautiful. You are an extremely articulate woman. And yet, as you have noticed, when it comes to fully expressing the enormity of G-d in our lives, our words, no matter how beautiful fall short. G-d knows our heart and He doesn't need words, just praise and worship Him in Spirit and in truth!

Now, I wanted to mention that you said you have "lost" the gift of tongues. I would like to encourage you in that I believe we do not lose the spiritual gifts that G-d gives us. I would suggest that you pray and ask the L-rd to help you walk in what He has given you so that you can praise Him spirit to Spirit.

Something that helps me is to pray the Psalms and to SING them! Also to sing songs of praise and worship to Him and allow myself an intimate time in His presence. Then, as I surrender myself and step out of the way, the tongues will come and allow a deeper, MORE intimate time of worship when words fail.

[DarkNebulaWelder]

I'm one of those people who just LOVES to pray, and to worship God.

Here's the deal, though.....

....many times, when I'm praying, and expressing the deep love that's in my heart, I almost feel like I cannot fully express what I'm feeling, and that this makes me a little disconnected from God.

Like, I want to feel SO close to Him, yet I never seem to get close enough to satisfy my spiritual longing.

It's as though my words are not deep enough to fully express my feelings. I can say "I love you" over and over, and meditate on His beautiful countenance, but in the end, it still does not seem to communicate the depth of my emotions.

When I was about 12, I did receive the gift of tongues, and remember that this was the one tiome in my life that I felt so richly close to God, and like the utterances that came out of my mouth properly and truly expressed my feelings.

I have long since lost that gift, though, and am left with mere human words, which do not seem to do the trick.

Has anyone else ever felt this way? Is it right?

Do you think that it's because of the limited scope of our vocabulary, or is something holding me back?

Shalom April,

I understand and have felt the same way. I loved reading your description and your out-pouring of exaltation to G-d, it's beautiful. You are an extremely articulate woman. And yet, as you have noticed, when it comes to fully expressing the enormity of G-d in our lives, our words, no matter how beautiful fall short. G-d knows our heart and He doesn't need words, just praise and worship Him in Spirit and in truth!

Now, I wanted to mention that you said you have "lost" the gift of tongues. I would like to encourage you in that I believe we do not lose the spiritual gifts that G-d gives us. I would suggest that you pray and ask the L-rd to help you walk in what He has given you so that you can praise Him spirit to Spirit.

Something that helps me is to pray the Psalms and to SING them! Also to sing songs of praise and worship to Him and allow myself an intimate time in His presence. Then, as I surrender myself and step out of the way, the tongues will come and allow a deeper, MORE intimate time of worship when words fail.

Hi, Vickilynn..

Thank you for that encouraging response......and you're absolutely right.

I need to "step ot of the way," so to speak, and let HIM lead my worship.

It is hard to do, though, because human nature many times wants to take over....I guess I just need to mature in Christ.

It's all a matter of letting His Spirit take full control of me.

Love in Christ

April

P.S. Thank you for that nice compliment, as well.

[Treasure]

Isn't it wonderful to be inlove!!! I rarely cry about things but He overwhelms me and moves me to tears. Something that He reminds me of when I start to get frustrated that I just can't express the depth of my love and gratitude is that He knows my heart. It's an amazing gift to be so inlove with Him that words just can't express.

Keep pressing it toward Him.

One more thing....sometimes I'm worshiping (sp) Him and actually feel confined by my body. My spirit is so connected with Him but my physical body can't go......yet!

Don't ever stop being a going hard after Him. He is so worth the journey!!!

Does anyone else find themselves exhausted after a time of worship? Our human bodies can't handle what our souls yearn for.